The war decimated Baptists’ Wake Forest College in North Carolina. Recent months have been “gloomy,” the buildings are damaged, “utter impoverishment” is seemingly everywhere. Trustees in their summer meeting decided not to restart college classes. Today, however, nine of the trustees reconvene. Voicing optimism in the face of financial difficulties, they vote to resume classes…
Zirconia, North Carolina native Daniel W. Revis (1835-1914) was a farmer in Henderson County prior to the war. In 1862 he enlisted for a three year term of service with North Carolina’s 64th Regiment, Company B. His service took place largely in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, prior to his discharge in early 1865.…
For eleven days, Union troops, operating out of nearby Fort Fisher, have been on the offensive against Confederate defenders along the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington. Today the Battle of Wilmington concludes in a Federal victory. With the fall of the city imminent on the 21st, Confederate General Braxton Bragg, before leaving the city…