The Tennessee city of Chattanooga, evacuated by Confederate forces, is today occupied by the Union army. Following a weeks-long Union offensive, the federals take over the city without a shot fired in opposition. Meanwhile, a little further west in Tennessee, readers of today’s Memphis Bulletin are treated to a summary of religious life in that…
The Union occupation of Nashville, Tennessee is characterized by much strain and stress in the daily lives of white Southern civilians who remain in the city. The Baptists have been booted from the First Baptist Church facilities, while white locals swap stories of local black freedmens’ (still considered slaves by white Southerners) antics and misdeeds…
Midwesterners’ loyalties are divided, the region having for years been a lightning rod as the nation fought over whether or not slavery should be allowed in the region. Anti-slavery sentiment ultimately won the political battle, but the tension in the region ultimately had contributed to the coming of war. While the state of Missouri remains…