Secessionist fever is spreading rapidly throughout the South. Kentucky, a border state, is conflicted. Not as dependent on slavery as the cotton states of the Deep South, Kentucky harbors much Union sentiment. Many Kentuckians, now and throughout the war, want to see reconciliation between the North and South.
The tension is felt in Kentucky’s Baptist congregations. A special prayer meeting at the Glasgow Baptist Church in Glasgow (link) implores God for “reconciliation” between the North and South. Many other Kentucky congregations also hold similar prayer meetings during the month of January.
