How are the fortunes of the Confederacy? It depends upon where one looks. The editor of the South Carolina Confederate Baptist, reporting only “wild rumors” from Atlanta, finds ample reasons to believe in a prosperous future for the white South. Among the articles published in today’s edition of the paper is one that extols the…
While many communities in the North finally receive confirmation of the Union’s triumph over Atlanta, this day, as decreed by President Abraham Lincoln two days earlier, is a national day of celebration in the United States, following the Union victories at Atlanta and Mobile Bay. Although Lincoln’s proclamation for this day’s celebratory cannon salutes in…
Gloom grows throughout the South as Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman defeats Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of the Tennessee in the second and final day of the battle of Jonesborough (Jonesboro). Hood’s defeat forces the Confederates to do the unthinkable: abandon Atlanta. The evacuation begins late in the day, and continues under darkness…