In today’s Virginia Baptist Religious Herald, an editorial offers a Southern Baptist commentary on “Relations Between Northern and Southern Baptists.” Of the recent war: “The conflict was unfortunate, terrible, and, to the South, most desolating. The fortune of war was against us. Our armies were overthrown, our fair heritage was overrun and wasted, immense quantities…
Five Forks is a road junction in the vicinity of Petersburg, important to the viability of Robert E. Lee‘s last supply line, the South Side Railroad. Today the Federals advance upon the junction and score a significant victory over the Rebels, capturing many prisoners and forcing, by the end of the day, Confederate defenders into…
While only minor skirmishes occur this day, in Virginia Union General Ulysses S. Grant orders Major General Phil Sheridan‘s force of some 10,000 cavalry to move south of Winchester on a mission to destroy the Virginia Central Railroad and James River Canal. In addition, Sheridan is tasked with capturing Lynchburg, if possible. Indeed, with Sherman…