Nearly two months after the African American 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment unsuccessfully but heroically attacked the Confederate’s Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, the rebels — following constant bombardment for weeks on end that has damaged the fort, in the face of low provisions, and due to the decomposing bodies of dead Union soldiers…
Rev. John William Jones of Virginia is rapidly gaining a reputation as an outstanding Confederate Baptist chaplain. Today is a hallmark day in the life of Jones, as is later recalled. Along with many other chaplains, Mr. Jones was active “in season and out of season,” preaching, distributing Bibles and other good literature, working in…
Today the Long Run Baptist Association of Kentucky meets, an association that includes the city of Louisville, located across the Ohio River from the Union state of Indiana. Kentucky is a border state now solidly under Union control. News summaries from individual churches largely focus on internal matters, and are reported as follows: Elk Creek.…