The Battle of Chancellorsville (Virginia) continues. Having driven federal forces out of Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee takes a quick respite only to learn that Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick has broken through at Fredericksburg and is marching on his rear. Thus the battle soon resumes. Caught in the middle of the action today…
During this second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia again outflanks and outfights Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker‘s Army of the Potomac, a force twice the size of Lee’s. Yet this otherwise victorious day for the South ends badly when Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, daring military…
Today is designated national fast day in the United States, as declared by the government. Many sermons are preached on this occasion, including a discourse by Northern Baptist minister Daniel C. Eddy to the combined congregations of the First Baptist Church and Tabernacle Baptist Church, both of Philadelphia, the latter of which Eddy serves as…