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Tag Archives: siege of atlanta

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 6, 1864

In and around the battlefronts of Atlanta and Petersburg (and nearby Richmond), anticipation and apprehension is in the air. News of the Union victory in Mobile Bay is filtering out. With the shuttering of the port of Mobile, the Federals have further tightened their encirclement around the South. The strangling of the Confederacy involves that…

August 6, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 28, 1864

Minor skirmishes mark this day in the Atlanta Campaign. Union forces circle the city on three sides. Under siege for days now, Atlanta residents nervously wonder when the next major battle will take place. Confederate defenders, unable to halt the progress of the enemy, are all the more weakened by the three month long Atlanta…

July 28, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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