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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for March 6-8, 1865
As General Grant tightened his grip on Richmond, and Sherman was coming up from behind, residents of the city looked forward fearfully to its evacuation by General Lee’s army. Saturday, March 4, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) … Continue reading
This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for March 4-5, 1865
NOTE: General Jubal Early commanded the last Confederate force in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. On March 2, 1865, in an encounter at Waynesboro with cavalry units under Union General Philip H. Sheridan, Early’s army was defeated, routed, and for all practical … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Diaries, Generals, The Confederacy
Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate army, Confederate deserters, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, John Beauchamp Jones, Jubal Early, Richmond, RonElFran, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Union General Philip H. Sheridan, Virginia
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Slavery and the Golden Rule
White Christians in the South who supported slavery (as most did) had a problem. They were assured from practically every pulpit throughout the cotton states that slavery was an institution sanctioned by God. After all, they were taught, Abraham owned … Continue reading
Pardoned For Being Black
I was first introduced to Governor Richard Yates of Illinois as the man who gave Ulysses S. Grant his first command at the start of the Civil War. It was his appointment by Yates to be the Colonel of the … Continue reading
Posted in Generals, Public Policy, Slavery
Tagged black codes, black codes in northern states, Civil War, Illinois black code, Illinois black laws, Illinois Governor Yates, John A. Logan, northern black codes, Northern racial prejudice, racial prejudice in the north, Ulyesses S. Grant
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General Dorsey Pender: the Rebel, the Christian
As I was reading Shelby Foote’s account of the battle of Gettysburg (Civil War, A Narrative, Vol. 2), I was struck by his description of the death of Confederate Major General Dorsey Pender. [T]here still was Pender, whose division was … Continue reading
Posted in Generals, Slavery, The Confederacy
Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Confederates, Gettysburg
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Was Bragg the Confederate Meade?
In posing the question of whether Braxton Bragg was the Confederate George Meade, I don’t mean to imply they were alike in general terms. Rather, I’m focusing on each man’s most celebrated battle in his Civil War career, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Generals
Tagged Braxton Bragg, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Civil War, George G. Meade, George Meade, Gettysburg, Meade, retreat, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant
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