Many Baptists were Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison Camp in southwest Georgia, some of whom died in captivity due to the harsh conditions of the open-air prison. Among the Baptist survivors is Alfred D. Bennet of Huntingdon, Tennessee, one of many from west Tennessee who served in the Union Army. Bennet is scarred…
Mere weeks after U. S. President Abraham Lincoln offers amnesty to white Southerners who pledge loyalty to the United States and encourages Southern states to take steps to be readmitted to the Union, many Confederate citizens are seriously considering Lincoln’s offer. Lincoln is hopeful that his olive branch will quickly peel off Arkansas and Tennessee…
In a reminder that many Baptists of the South are just as pro-war as other southerners, an announcement in this week’s Memphis Daily Appeal makes note of a new weapon of war invented by an enterprising Baptist minster: The Rev. Mr. Graves, a well known elder of the Baptist church, yesterday showed us a new…