Compared to the commotion in the North today, Christmas appears to have been a rather quiet day of celebration. From the nation’s capital, the normal sounds of city life are shattered by the firing of ordnance. The morning was “ushered in with a booming of cannon, 300 having been fired in honor of the capture…
On the heels of the Confederate defeat in the Chattanooga Campaign, Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet today attempts to break through federal lines surrounding the Union-occupied city of Knoxville and under the command of Major General Ambrose Burnside. The Battle of Fort Sanders, however, proves to be one of the quickest and most lopsided battles…
In the aftermath of the draft riots in New York City, today’s New York Times publishes a plea for churches to provide financial relief to help alleviate the suffering of the city’s blacks. In the name of a humanity which they enjoy in common with all of us, we make an appeal to Christians, Christian…