Today in Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia yet another African Baptist congregation is formed in the aftermath of the Emancipation Proclamation. The church narrates its beginnings in the following way: During the Civil War, the Union Army occupied the City of Alexandria to prevent the Confederate Army from having a route into Washington, D.C., the capitol. Since…
Today in Putnam County, West Virginia–a border county in a border state–Northern and Southern forces clash in the Skirmish of Hurricane Bridge. Fortified for the winter months west of the river near Point Pleasant and the Hurricane Baptist Church are federal forces under the command of Union Captain J. W. Johnson. In recent weeks the…
Today the Confederacy observes a national day of fasting and prayer as appointed by president Jefferson Davis. Richmond’s Daily Dispatch writes of the day: This day is recommended by the President to be observed as a day of fasting and prayer through out the Confederacy. We cannot doubt that, as on all former occasion of…