Home front readers of the current Tennessee Baptist are provided with a humorous account of Confederate camp life, a story poking fun at what is otherwise a dreaded event: cholera. The following account is penned by an unnamed soldier: A correspondent writing from the regimental rendezvous, in Dallas county, Texas, gives the following spicy account…
Union General George McClellan’s Special Order No. 7 has now been in effect for one week. The order reads: The Major-General Commanding desires and requests that in future there may be a more perfect respect for the Sabbath on the part of his command. We are fighting in a holy cause, and should endeavor to…
As the attention of two nations is focused upon Virginia and rumors fly about, life for some this weekend carries on in a rather normal fashion. Julia Stanford, young member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth, Georgia, has her “type” (picture) taken, “one for Ma the other for Cousin Reuben” and entertains guests on Saturday.…