In a war fought over southern slavery, the “peculiar institution” is not absent from Union soil. Maryland, a border state, is yet home to many African slaves. At the present, however, Maryland slaveholders are none too happy. Well aware that the war is a referendum on the future of slavery – although officially U.S. President…
The village of Stoughton, Massachusetts contributes many of its men as volunteers in the Union Army. So strong is sentiment for the Union that on April 22 at a town meeting, the community votes to make certain that the future needs of soldiers’ families are met: That it is the sense of this meeting…
Southerners have mixed feelings about celebrating the 4th of July. Julia Stanford, a member of the First Baptist Church of Forsyth, Georgia, captures the mood of the South: “Our great national day – Day on which our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Owing to the involved condition of our County – few very felt…