Unbeknownst to Union Maj. General George B. McClellan, today his months-long offensive against Richmond moves into its final phase. The beginning of the end takes the form of a minor Union offensive action. On the outskirts of Richmond and separated by a strip of forest some 1200 yards wide, Union and Confederate forces since the…
In order for God to bestow victory upon His chosen Confederacy, white southerners have a duty to perform, a duty that includes refraining from criticism of the South’s political and military leaders, according to J.D. Hufham, the editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder. An esteemed brother, writing on business from a point which is…
White Southern preachers, most of whom are loyal to the Confederacy, are being singled out for punishment by the United States government, should the North win the war. Or so claims one Southern Baptist newspaper editor. Our enemies encouraged, and made confident of success, by their recent victories, are trying to decide what to do…