In the early post-war months the African Zion Baptist Church of Tinkersville, in West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley, has emerged as the area’s “main organization completely owned and controlled by Negroes.” Organized in February 1863, the congregation initially met in the home of Rev. Lewis Rice, a champion of religious and secular education for blacks. Considered…
America’s mourning continues as Lincoln‘s funeral train pauses in Cleveland this day. At the same time, many rejoice as local newspapers publish accounts of the death of John Wilkes Booth. The assassin’s death cannot right his evil deed, but at least a small amount of justice has been served. The wrath of the U.S. government…
In Charles Town, West Virginia, Union General Ulysses S. Grant meets with General Phil Sheridan in order to discuss the situation in the Shenandoah Valley. The problem is Confederate General Jubal Early, who continues to harass Union forces and the civilian population. With Mobile and Atlanta in Union hands (two of four major goals Union…