Baptists and the American Civil War: February 17, 1861
Today is Sunday, and U. S. President-elect Abraham Lincoln, en route to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration, attends church services in Buffalo, New York. The New York Herald reports on the event: “Mr. Fillmore called at ten A.M. with a carriage for Mr. Lincoln and both attended divine service at the Unitarian church. Dr. Hosmer,…
