The dawning of day greets many relieved residents of Murfreesboro: the Union garrisons are gone, thanks to Confederate General National Bedford Forrest’s raid of yesterday. The war will directly impact the town a number of times yet, but for the moment life is bit more peaceful. Meanwhile, to the west, Union forces maintain a tight…
Reprinted in today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder is a letter from a Confederate correspondent from Camp Magnum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, who in recent weeks wrote of his observations regarding newly-mandated prayers at Confederate Army dress parades. All the troops in this State now have prayer at Dress Parades. This was commenced a week…
With a wet spring that mires roads and swells rivers behind them, Blue and Gray armies face off in the series of battles around Richmond, Virginia, now known as the Seven Days battles. Georgians count consistently in the carnage of the various encounters. Into the clash near the gristmill of Dr. William Gaines on 27…