Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi Map 1861

Baptists and the American Civil War: November 30, 1861

Readers of today’s Little Rock Daily State Journal learn more details of a “Conspiracy in the Northwest” portion of the state that for weeks has elicited much excitement and concern. Throughout the Confederacy, pockets of Unionism remain, especially in mountainous regions. Often under the name of “Peace” societies or “Peace and Constitutional” societies, these resistance…