Baptists and the American Civil War: March 14, 1865
Today Confederate Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey (1828-1885) resigns his commission, due to bad health. A Southern Baptist preacher who became known as the “Preacher General” during the war, after the war Lowrey moves back to his home state of Mississippi, where in 1873 he founds Blue Mountain Female Institute. He also serves as president…