Confederate General Robert E. Lee seeks to bolster his army both in terms of manpower and firearms. Today he writes Georgia governor Joseph E. Brown (image), noting that many Georgia volunteer companies are arriving in Virginia without weapons. Lee requests weapons from Brown, having already made similar requests from politicians of other states. A Baptist…
A speech that Governor Joseph Brown of Georgia recently gave to military officers and soldiers in Macon is printed in today’s Southern Recorder newspaper. The Baptist politician’s words echo familiar southern secessionist themes, rallying white citizens to the defense of the South’s slave culture (“domestic affairs”), advocating freedom and equality only for whites, and invoking…
Georgia’s Baptist governor, Joseph Brown (illustration), continues to systemically take over federal lands and buildings in his state. Today, he orders the state militia to take possession of the United States Mint in Dahlonega. The north Georgia mountain town is the place were gold was first discovered in America. Also today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln,…