White residents of the Confederate States of America have nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. Their freedom to enslave blacks is in danger of being taken away by a relentless Northern abolitionist army, a prospect that would collapse the economic, social and cultural foundations of the South. An editorial in this week’s North Carolina…
As he has done daily since early May, Union General William T. Sherman relentlessly pressures the Confederate’s Army of Tennessee, in the process drawing ever closer to the key Georgia city of Atlanta. Attempting to make an end run around Confederate General Joe Johnston‘s forces, Sherman’s troops swing wide to the left of the rebels,…
Anxieties North and South are high. The moment of truth is mere days to come. The United States and Confederate States, both weary of war, steel for yet another season of bloodshed and anguish. This most uncivil of wars was never expected to last this long. The public is nervous, politicians are wary, and soldier…