Editor Samuel Boykin of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, frequent commentator regarding war news and views, this week offers his thoughts on “The Ministry: Its duty and responsibility in the present state of the country.” While loyal to the Confederacy, and at times positing the Confederate States of America as God’s Kingdom on earth, Boykin at…
At Dry Creek Baptist Church in Kenton County, Kentucky, on the southern border of the Ohio River below Cincinnati, the Northbend Baptist Association convenes. Congregations in Kenton and Boone counties comprise the association’s membership. Although usually meeting for three days, this year’s meeting is limited to one day, because of the war-caused distractions. Northbend messengers…
Today, Presley Barry Womack enlists in Company I, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He serves as a hostler for the officers of the company, and sees action in the battles of Fort Henry and Shiloh. Born in Wayne County, Illinois in 1830, Presley, a Baptist, has personal childhood memories of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. When Womack was…