On the site of what will one day be the Kansas City, Missouri zoo, the Battle of Westport takes place. The battle proves to be a culmination of major activity in the state, as a Union win effectively overcomes the little remaining resistance to Union rule in Missouri. Not only is the battle significant in…
Jacob S. Wood, a new enlistee in Company E, 4th Missouri Cavalry (Union) is today ordained as a Baptist minister. Born January 6, 1839, in Page County, Virginia, Rev. Wood musters into his unit on October 30, 1863. Serving throughout the war, Wood sees action throughout much of the Confederacy, from Texas in the west…
This week Rev. I. S. Kalloch of New York City’s Laight-Street Baptist Church preaches a patriotic sermon. Rallying his congregation to the abolitionist cause, he condemns the slaveholding South, as summarized by a correspondent of the New York Times. At the Laight-street Baptist Church. Rev. I.S. KALLOCH introduced the devotional exercises of the congregation by…