Today leading freedmen of South Carolina gather in Charleston for the first Colored People’s Convention of the State of South Carolina. In the heart of the old Confederacy, they meet in Zion Presbyterian Church. Many Baptists are among those present. The intent of the convention is to begin charting a positive course forward for African…
The hunt for Lincoln‘s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and his accomplices continues, and with a vengeance. Over 1,000 Union soldiers are at work trying to identity and apprehend the perpetrators. The Northern public is angry, clamoring for the deaths of Lincoln’s killer and those associated with him. Aware that he is being hunted down but…
Four days after Lee‘s surrender to Grant, the city of Washington is still celebrating, black and white alike. Today has been designated as a city holiday for workers, replete with parades and marching bands. The celebration continues into the evening, the city ablaze with bonfires and calcium lights, a current version of street lighting. Fireworks…