Today the Confederate fortress of Port Hudson, Louisiana, located on the Mississippi River, finally surrenders to sieging Union forces. Rebels are forced to give up due to the unbearable hot summer climate and lack of water and food. The entirety of the Mississippi River is now firmly under control of the United States, separating the…
Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, Confederate army chaplain appointed by Georgia Baptists, today offers his commentary on the loyalty of African slaves and the evilness of Northern efforts to force freedom upon slaves. When the history of this inhuman and murderous war comes to be written, it will be recorded as a remarkable fact that for…
West Virginia is officially admitted into the Union as the 35th state of the United States. This land that formally constituted the western portion of Virginia has never been a stronghold for slavery. Residents, opposing secession in 1861, had on June 11 of that year nullified Virginia’s ordinance of secession and proclaimed their region as…