On what is a rather quiet winter’s day in terms of military activity, far to the west of the theaters of war the Legislative Assembly of Montana Territory incorporates Virginia City, creating the first municipal government in the territory that had itself only recently been incorporated the preceding May 26. The first clergyman to preach…
As the year draws toward a close with Nashville, Atlanta and Savannah all securely in Union hands, some things nonetheless seem much the same in the South. As has been typical for years, the Richmond Daily Dispatch newspaper contains numerous announcements of rewards for the return of runaway slaves. Another announcement concerns “the sale of…
Savannah remains the focus of headlines one week after the city’s capture by Sherman as the news slowly makes its way into smaller towns and outlying areas. Raleigh, North Carolina’s Daily Progress is among today’s newspapers reporting the fall of the port city. Also today, William A. Rockwell, previously a colonel who remained in Savannah…