The fallout in Virginia continues as Robert E. Lee resigns his commission with the U. S. Army in order to fight on behalf of his native state. Lee writes to General Winfield Scott, his friend and mentor: Arlington, Washington City P.O. April 20, 1861 General: Since my interview with you on the 18th instant I…
With the commencement of warfare, Baptist newspapers in Georgia and Virginia, among others, advocate strongly for the Confederacy. Establishing a pattern that will remain in the months and years ahead, Georgia’s Christian Index and Virginia’s Religious Herald expend much ink reprinting war news from southern secular newspapers and editorializing on behalf of the Confederacy. Today,…
Virginia’s secession convention continues. The pro-Union vote of yesterday has solved little. Confederate sympathizers agitate for Virginia’s attachment to the southern Confederacy. Much sentiment leans toward Virginia joining the Confederacy if the North and the South prove unable to reconcile (an impossibility, by this point). Jeremiah B. Jeter (illustration) is the pastor of Grace Street…