Today in Denver, Colorado Territory the Zion Baptist Church is founded by “an intrepid group of black pioneers,” most of whom had migrated to the area in recent years or months from the South. Having little education and by and large, they determined to establish a church as part of an effort to improve their…
Today is the funeral of the one whom many already consider the greatest president ever. The East Room of the White House hosts the funeral services for President Abraham Lincoln. It is packed with distinguished guests including military officers (present is General Ulysses S. Grant), government officials (Supreme Court justices, senators, representatives, cabinet members, state…
Union troops under the command of Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig, making their way up the South Carolina coast, today reach James Island near Charleston. In what becomes known as the Battle of James Island or the Battle of Grimball’s Causeway, the Union thus takes the offensive against Charleston for the first time since September 1863.…