Denver is a growing town in the Colorado Territory, far from the battles of the present war. This month the first permanent church in the town takes roots. Precisely one week ago, Walker McDuffie Potter and his sister Lucy had disembarked in Denver. They arrive in this western town as missionaries appointed by the American…
The second day of the Chattanooga Campaign proves similar to the first in that the Union again emerges victorious. Today’s Union victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain is impressive and decisive. In the “battle above the clouds,” U.S. troops, led by General Joseph Hooker, climb the slopes of Lookout Mountain in an effort to…
Far away from the battlefields and the contraband camps in which many New Yorkers serve the cause of freedom for all, open space in New York City is becoming all the more rare. The growth in the density of New York City is now impacting the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, a congregation seeking to make…