Today is the best day of the war thus far for the United States of America, as General Ulysses S. Grant captures the Confederate’s Fort Donelson on Tennessee’s Cumberland River, following a four day campaign. After the capture of Fort Henry, ten miles to the west and ten days earlier, Grant’s army had marched to…
Abner Doubleday, destined to be known in modern mythology as the father of baseball, is one of the more prominent officers in the Union Army. From a Baptist family, Abner’s brother Thomas is also of Baptist stock, their father having been a New York politician, prominent Baptist layman, and Baptist author. Abner played a leading…
In the heart of winter, the 8th Michigan Infantry prepares for battles that are certain to commence upon the coming of spring. Today the regiment receives a consecration from Abel Bingham, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grand Rapids and veteran of the War of 1812. Among those whom Bingham prays over is his…