Today’s edition of the New York Times publishes a letter (originally published in the Richmond Whig) from a Confederate chaplain that discusses the religious landscape within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The chaplain is not a Baptist, but offers observations of Baptist chaplains. The following is a copy of a letter from Rev. D.…
Following a string of prior Northern Baptist resolutions supporting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s recent Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Ohio Baptists, assembled at their annual state convention this month, offer their own resolution. “Whereas the powers that be are ordained of God, and he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God,” and is threatened with…
Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky recently approached Louisville and Cincinnati before running out of steam. An effective offensive against Louisville never crystallized, as Union forces maintain control of the city. In regards to Cincinnati, the heroic efforts of Cincinnati’s Black Brigade, a 700+ strong force of free African Americans recruited to help fortify…