South Carolinians strain to hear the latest news of Sherman’s movements. Confederate military officials in the state struggle to ascertain the Union general’s true intentions. Uncertainty on the part of his foes thus surrounds Sherman and his massive army as they steadily advance in South Carolina, with Blackville and Orangeburg now in their sights. In…
At dawn the Battle of Gettysburg resumes on the third day. The morning silence is broken by the Union XII Corps, as from atop Culp’s Hill they begin an artillery bombardment on Confederate forces embedded downhill and nearby. Within hours, Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell attacks the federals in an attempt to seize Culp’s Hill,…
Today in Syracuse, New York, Winfield Scott, freshly graduated from Baptists’ Rochester Theological Seminary, is ordained by the Seneca Baptist Association. Born on February 26, 1837, in West Novi, Oakland County, Michigan, Winfield is the first son and fourth child in a large family of three brothers and four sisters. At the time of his…