Some six weeks following the assassination of former president Abraham Lincoln, today has been set aside by president Andrew Johnson as a memorial to Lincoln, a “Day of Humiliation and Prayer.” Hundreds of sermons are delivered this day, many in Baptist churches. In the nation’s capital of Washington, the Calvary Baptist and E Street Baptist…
Today is the funeral of the one whom many already consider the greatest president ever. The East Room of the White House hosts the funeral services for President Abraham Lincoln. It is packed with distinguished guests including military officers (present is General Ulysses S. Grant), government officials (Supreme Court justices, senators, representatives, cabinet members, state…
The Atlanta Campaign may be slow going for the Union, but progress is being made. Conversely, Confederate officials and the Southern public have grown quite frustrated with General Joseph Johnston‘s propensity of retreating when confronted by Union General William T. Sherman. To be sure, Sherman has not necessarily been playing by the book. Rather than…