Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant, unable to break through Confederate lines in the twelve-day Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, withdraws from the battle and turns his army toward the North Anna River. Spotsylvania is a draw, but Grant’s larger mission continues: that of capturing the Confederate capital city of Richmond, no matter how long…
Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant surveys the results of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House thus far. The fighting has raged since May 8, but his forces have been unable to break through the entrenched Confederate lines. Casualties and losses have been extremely heavy, approaching 30,000 total for both sides, about 18,000 for the…
While white Southern Baptist elites fervently defend bondage as God’s will for blacks and fret over the possibility of a future without riches and comfort derived from the labor of black slaves, Northern (American) Baptists celebrate the impending freedom that they feel certain is the future of all blacks, as well as the will of…