As the war moves into its third winter, the state of Virginia, home to Richmond, the capital city of the Confederacy, struggles all the more. The Virginia General Assembly is in session in Richmond today, the fifth day of the 1863-1864 session. Jeremiah Bell Jeter, pastor of the city’s Grace Street Baptist Church and ardent…
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…
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, following a series of Union battlefield victories over the past six months, senses momentum on the side of the United States in the war against the rebellious Southern states. The Union now controls much of the South, and some states are ready for their governments to be rebuilt. In addition, the…