While all the armies of the Confederacy have surrendered by now, another small force of soldiers surrenders this day in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Shreveport served as the Confederate capital of Louisiana following the Union capture of Baton Rouge on May 29, 1862. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C. the Calvary Baptist Church is in the news.…
The war is approaching a crucial moment: the 1864 United States presidential and congressional elections are only two days hence, and many–North and South–believe that should Abraham Lincoln be defeated in his bid for re-election, or should the Northern anti-peace movement effect significant victories in congressional elections, the will to pursue a military victory over…
Some Baptist contributions during the war years take place away from battlefields. Words themselves are powerful, ever more so as the war nears the one year anniversary of the firing upon Fort Sumter. Perhaps the most notable moment this month among Baptists of the North occurs on a Wednesday night at the First Baptist Church…