The reconstruction of Charleston, South Carolina is well under way nearly three months following the February 18 surrender of the city to Union forces. Prior to the fall of Charleston to the Federals, a number of black Baptist congregations were organized in Union-controlled areas of the South Carolina coast. Today, a “Negro Baptist” church is…
While Sherman moves closer to the South Carolina capital of Columbia, further south in Florida a small battle is fought this day. Near Cedar Key the Battle of Station Four unfolds early in the morning when a contingent of Union raiders, comprised of a contingent of men from the 1st and 2nd Florida U.S. Cavalry…
Today in the Battle of Johnsonville, Confederate cavalry commander Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, in an effort to smooth the way for the South’s Army of the Tennessee to invade Tennessee from Alabama, prepares to engage Union forces in Benton and Humphreys counties, Tennessee. Forrest’s target is the lightly-guarded Union supplies and infrastructure Johnsonville, as…