President Abraham Lincoln, a former Baptist who now embodies a more mystical view of God and, due to the unparalleled war the nation is now engaged in, is being transformed into the United States’ theologian-in-chief, issues his first proclamation for a national day of fasting: Whereas a joint Committee of both Houses of Congress has…
Today Joseph Moses Perryman, future chief of the Creek Nation and future Baptist, enlists in the Confederate Army in Company H First Creek Regiment of Mounted Volunteers. Joining many other Creek Indians who serve in the Confederate Army, Joseph remains in uniform for the duration of the war. Born in 1833 to the grandson of…
United States forces occupy Fort Monroe in Virginia, with plans to transform the nearby town of Hampton into a base for quartering troops and former slaves who have escaped behind Union lines and to freedom under President Lincoln’s contraband policy. Upon reading this morning’s newspaper, Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder learns of Union intentions. Unwilling…