The Tyler Reporter (Texas) this week publishes a snippet of items that collectively offer insight into the South’s state of affairs in the post-war months: namely, the upsurge in white marriages, repairing of white Baptist churches damaged by the war, and the difficulties facing freedmen in a world where white Southerners have little to no…
The three-day Battle of Hatcher’s Run, fought in and around the trenches of Petersburg, is over. Despite having briefly broken through the Union lines, the Confederates lose the battle, gaining no ground in their defeat. Today Confederate General Robert E. Lee offers a stark assessment of the battle. His men having fought in severe winter…
With Atlanta now safely in Union hands, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is able to rest a bit easier. The capture of the Southern city bolsters the president’s re-election prospects, and, assuming Lincoln’s re-election (which is not yet a given, despite Atlanta) almost assures a United States victory over the rebellious Southern states. Against this backdrop,…