South Carolinian Robert Smalls, a former slave who had worked in Charleston’s shipyards, became a hero to the North in May 1862 when he commandeered the Confederate transport CSS Planter in Charleston Harbor and steered the ship to safety and freedom for himself and his crew of slaves and their families, behind nearby Union naval…
The editors of the Richmond Daily Dispatch today reprint a patriotic story from Charleston that recently took place in a Baptist church: The Charleston Mercury, reporting the proceedings of the Baptist Association of that city, says: A pleasant incident occurred, which it may be interesting to relate. In the collection taken up at the Baptist…
On this Sunday in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Abraham Lincoln poses for a new photograph. The president’s Gettysburg Address is merely one week distant. The growing toll of death weighs heavily upon the man. In California, a fire ravages Nevada City. Fires are a frequent occurrence in western towns due to the predominance of wooden…