Government leaders North and South repeatedly invoke God’s favor upon their respective nations throughout the war. Now, with the nearly four-year old conflict having reached a point at which God’s favor is visibly evidenced on the side of the United States, President Abraham Lincoln issues his second annual, official Thanksgiving proclamation. United States residents, despite…
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this day, Union forces deal a decisive blow to Confederates in the Battle of Cedar Creek. So conclusive is the Federal victory over Confederate General Jubal Early‘s army that Confederate resistance in the valley effectively comes to an end. Meanwhile, in Bridgeport, Alabama, Lewis Raymond, Baptist minister and chaplain of the…
Today in Cincinnati an independent “Peace Convention” is held “for the organization of a peace party upon state-rights, Jeffersonian, Democratic principles and for the promotion of peace and independent nominations for President and Vice-president of the United States.” Some fifty delegates huddle behind closed doors, hoping to settle upon a candidate who can defeat Lincoln…