Many white southerners, Baptist and otherwise, view the Civil War as the means of preserving the freedom of the white race, which they equate with God’s will for the world. The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Virginia) reports: Yesterday witnessed a nation at prayers. It was a day ever to be remembered. From one end of these…
J. A. Norton arrives in Lynchburg, Virginia today on military assignment. He is promptly assigned to guard Harper’s Ferry. Born May 9, 1840 in Tippah County, Mississippi, Norton in April had joined the 2nd Mississippi Regiment, the first regiment in the state. He drilled in Corinth under Capt. J. W. Buchanan. Like many other Confederate…
Virginia’s secession convention convenes in Richmond. At this point, there is no certainty that Virginia will secede from the Union, as Union sentiment is yet strong throughout much of the state. Yet many white Virginians and other white southerners, certain that Lincoln’s goal as president is to grant freedom to black slaves, are preparing to…