Today Union General George Stoneman makes his way south of Atlanta toward Macon, carrying out orders from General William T. Sherman to disrupt Confederate infrastructure and, hopefully, secure the release of Union prisoners in Macon and Andersonville. On both accounts, Stoneman fails. Two days hence, while attempting to withdraw to the safety of Union lines…
Today, Sunday, is a national Confederate Day of Thanksgiving, as proclaimed by the Confederate Congress on July 22, the day after the great victory at Bull Run / Manassas. The Congress has asked churches throughout the land to devote the day to thanking God and asking for God’s continued blessing upon his chosen nation: Resolved,…
The Basil Manly clan is a prominent family in the South. Large slaveholders and fiery secessionists, they are active in southern politics. They are also Baptists. Basil Manly, Sr. (1798-1868, pictured), Baptist minister, former president of the University of Alabama (1837-1855) and owner of some forty slaves, carries the secessionist torch in Alabama, serving as…