Today Rhode Island Baptists send to President Andrew Johnson a copy of a resolution regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Providence, R. I., April 29, 1SG5. Sir: At a meeting of the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention, held in the city of Providence, April 25, 1865, the following resolutions, reported by Rev. Dr. Caswell, were…
For weeks Union General William T. Sherman has been preparing for this moment. Today, he marches forth from Atlanta with 60,000 troops at his command, heading eastward to the Georgia coast and the important port city of Savannah. The massive military force, spread out some fifty miles north to south, is accompanied by some 2,500…
On the site of what will one day be the Kansas City, Missouri zoo, the Battle of Westport takes place. The battle proves to be a culmination of major activity in the state, as a Union win effectively overcomes the little remaining resistance to Union rule in Missouri. Not only is the battle significant in…