Josephus Shackelford (1830-1915) of Moulton, Alabama today enters the Baptist newspaper business. From the 1850s to the present he has pastored a number of churches in the Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama region, while also teaching at various small Baptist institutions. He also served in two wars, the War with Mexico and the Civil War. Of…
Of all the Southern cities that the Union occupied during the war, Alexandria, Virginia endured the longest under federal control. For four long years the citizens of the city lived under military rule. This month, finally, the office of military governor of the city is abolished. Holding the office during most of the occupation was…
This month Thomas Henderson Pritchard (1832-1896), a Confederate chaplain during the war and more recently the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh, North Carolina, is called as pastor of First Baptist Petersburg, Virginia A native of North Carolina and graduate of Baptists’ Wake Forest College, a young Pritchard switched from his law studies…