Today the Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond is fought in Baker County, Florida. It is the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. The battle is part of a Union offensive in Florida. Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, commander of the Union’s Department of the South headquartered at Hilton Head, South…
As winter drags on, food and supplies become an ever greater concern for the armies of the Confederacy. General Robert E. Lee, with President Jefferson Davis‘ approval, has already resorted to impressment to feed the Army of Northern Virginia, to the dissatisfaction of many local civilians. Yet the issue is far from resolved, and Davis…
Southern Baptist newspapers during the war publish articles on a wide variety of subject matter, both religious and non-religious. And while many Baptists all too readily prefer to sort subjects into neat and clear sacred and secular categories, the war so intermingles the two that they often overlap or even fuse together in such a…