While momentum has shifted to the Confederacy in the wake of the recent, successful repulsing of the Union offensive against the nation’s capital of Richmond, much of Tennessee remains under Union control. In response to the U.S. presence in Tennessee, Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest for several weeks has been conducting calvary raids in…
In addition to the advantage of manpower, the United States has at its disposal more financial resources and tools than does the Southern Confederacy. Today, the U.S. Congress enacts the Second Legal Tender Act, issuing $150,000,000 in paper currency not backed by gold or silver. The issuing of paper money grows dramatically as the war…
Amidst the tumult of war, humor occasionally makes an appearance in the Baptist press of the South. Such is the case in regards to a short piece published in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder. A man who had recently been elected a Major of the Militia, and who was not overburdened with brains,…