Babies can be stubborn. They alone determine when the blessed event will occur. And more often than not, they pick the worst possible time for it.
Such was the case with one baby’s arrival 140 years ago. This bundle of joy showed up on a battlefield. And it made an entire army change its plans. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
The eyes of the nation were focused throughout the long, scorching summer of 1864 on Atlanta. Known at the time as the Gateway to the South, it was, in fact, much more than that…