In Rome, Georgia, Union General William T. Sherman today orders the torching of buildings in the town that could potentially be used by Confederate forces for war purposes. “Tonight destroy all public property not needed by your command,” Sherman orders, “all foundries, mills, workshops, warehouses, railroad depots, or other storehouses convenient to the railroad, together…
As the second anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War inches ever closer, many Baptist congregations of the South by this point have largely redirected their mission efforts to Confederate soldiers by collecting funds to support army chaplains and provide Christian literature to soldiers. Helping Baptist soldiers maintain their faith and evangelizing non-Christian soldiers…
Robert Benjamin Headden (born 1838 in Cassville, Georgia into an Old Line English Baptist family), of Bartow County, Georgia, enlists with Philip’s Legion today. His first major action is in 1862 in the Seven Days Battle and the 2nd Battle of Manassas, at which he is wounded. Recovering, Headden fights in the battle of Fredericksburg…