With cold weather retreating, soldiers in the North Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment are gearing up for the spring campaign after wintering near the Rapidan and doing picket duty along the river at Mitchell’s Ford during the late fall and winter of 1863-64. Amongst them is Baptist William Robert Gwaltney, 27, a native of Alexander, North…
The war, although perhaps dampening Baptist growth in the United States, has by no means halted the founding of new congregations. Many established within the past year are African Baptist congregations, as their church names note. Growth is also taking place in the Mid-West and the often-new cities in the far West. Among churches started…
The month of May arrives with great anticipation in the air. While his officers puzzle over incomplete intelligence regarding the movements of Union forces in Virginia, Confederate Robert E. Lee takes time out to attend the baptism of Lucy Lee Hill, the infant daughter of General A. P. Hill. Both families are Episcopalian. As a…