As the North tries to absorb the shock of the Union rout at the First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Congress act decisively and quickly. Using the defeat as a wake up call to recruit more volunteers for a war northern politicians fear will drag on without an adequate…
Tension is felt both North and South. Soldiers and civilians alike realize a major battle is at hand in Virginia. Yet the tension is only partially expressed in fear. Many are in a celebratory mood, as North and South are both convinced that God is on their side and victory nigh. Tens of thousands…
Daniel Fuller Hutchinson is from a Baptist family, and in the post-war years, an active member of First Baptist Church Reading, Massachusetts. Born at Greenfield, New Hampshire in 1839, he learned the trade of carriage making. Like many other tradesman, however, he puts aside his business and joins the Union Army, enlisting today at Boston.…