U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, influenced in his youth by the anti-slavery Primitive Baptist church of his upbringing, is moving ever closer to officially making emancipation a goal of the war against the Southern Confederacy. Today Lincoln meets with a delegation of Progressive Friends (a Quaker organization working with other anti-slavery advocates), who urge him to…
Fredericksburg, Virginia is under Union control. Today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the city, an event witnessed by James W. Hunnicutt, a southerner who is a Free Will Baptist and a devoted supporter of the Union. President Lincoln and Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, visited Fredericksburg on last Friday, the 23d instant (May).…
Today is a day of thanksgiving in much, but not all, of the United States.There is no national holiday at this time in history. Instead, states and towns decide when to observe a day of thanksgiving, and many choose today. In addition, today in some southern states a day of thanksgiving is observed, including Virginia,…