Has a veil of delusion descended upon Confederate elites? Richmond is effectively besieged from Petersburg, Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley increasingly controlled by Union forces, Georgia subdued by the Federals, Florida currently under invasion, and the entirety of the Confederate coast blockaded by the Union Navy. Nonetheless, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, echoing the confidence of many religious…
Today is a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer in the Confederate States of America. A brief commentary in the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, in anticipation of this day, places the occasion in context. …The proclamation is timely, and we hope the day will be generally observed. Our affairs have reached a crisis. Bragg…
To the consternation of town citizens, the Confederate War Department seizes “all the Superfine and Extra Family Flour” in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, paying millers and merchants only 2/3rds of the market price. Not surprisingly, the confiscation of flour upsets many residents. In the years of the war to come, however, the heavy hand of…