Today the West New Jersey Baptist Association convenes at Pemberton. As is the case with all the Baptist associations of the North that gather this fall, the war, whether voiced or not in official records, is uppermost on the minds of the men present. Yet in the case of the West New Jersey Baptist Association,…
The First Baptist Church of Burlington, Vermont, founded on September 26, 1834,struggled into the late 1850s, often having no regular pastor. And whereas the Civil War and resulting loss of many male members poses a challenge for many churches in the North, First Baptist Burlington experiences the opposite effect: instead of facing greater struggles, the…
Today witnesses the beginning of the latest in a string of battles in the Atlanta Campaign, a battle that the Confederacy has long feared: the Battle of Atlanta. While this clash does not result in Union control of Atlanta, a decisive Union victory signals that the dreaded Northern hordes are at the gate. Confederate General…