Today columnist William O. Stoddard of the New York Examiner writes: Senator Harris, of New-York, has been here for several days, and is looking in much better health than during the last session of Congress. New York Senator Ira Harris (1802-1875) is one of President Lincoln’s “most frequent evening visitors,” a reference both to the…
John A. Abbott, a Baptist from Dearborn, Indiana, at the age of 21 enlists in Company I, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry. His military service under Union Major General George B. McClelland takes him throughout the South, engaging in numerous battles large and small. Discharged from the army on June 1, 1864, Abbott soon re-enlists at Washington,…
Baptist organizations North and South convene in the opening days of the month. Virginia’s General Baptist Association – the state organization of Virginia Baptists – meeting in Petersburg offers pointed statements regarding the war, expressing a willingness to give all Baptist monies to the Confederacy in order to secure southern victory: The long-cherished hatred of…