The citizens of middle Georgia yet live far from any battlefield action, despite Union encroachments as far south as the state’s coastal islands and, since the fall of 1863, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Accordingly, the town of Macon, the region’s largest city, in recent months has become a hub of hospitalized Confederate soldiers, their numbers growing daily.…
In tandem with the plunging prospects of the Confederate States of America are Southern whites’ escalating condemnations of the evil, abolitionist United States. To be certain, Southern whites even prior to the war pinned the blame for secession on Northern abolitionists while proudly proclaiming the South’s determination to fight with all their might for the…
The harsh winter weather prevents any notable military developments this month, providing ample time for vocal Confederate loyalists on the home front to put pen to paper in an effort to encourage a diminished Confederate Army and revive the sagging morale of Confederate citizens. Evidencing unwavering confidence in the Confederacy, Christian Index editor James Boykin…