Today, a Monday, the Georgia Baptist Convention reconvenes at Atlanta’s Second Baptist Church for the final day of their annual meeting. Thus far the war, but more specifically Confederate soldiers and their families, have dominated the discourse of the conference. Today proves no different as, following the opening prayer and a reading of Saturday’s minutes,…
As Union General Ulysses S. Grant makes ready his imminent spring campaign against the Confederate capital of Richmond, the Southern nation observes a day of fasting and prayer, as instructed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Of the many such days proclaimed by Davis during the war, today’s observances are probably the most widely observed, due…
Early spring has arrived, and with it the promise of the large-scale resumption of battles. Today’s minor military happenings merely serve as preludes to the great clashes which are surely to come. Among the day’s developments are the capture of a Confederate outpost at Cherry Grove, Virginia and skirmishes in Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. The…