General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson has emerged as a hero in the minds of many white Southerners. At a time when the Confederate Army at large has not been effective in repelling Union advances, Jackson’s daring and successful military tactics serve as an inspiration to a nation under assault. A Virginia Religious Herald profile of the…
In 1846, one year after Baptists North and South had divided over the issue of African slavery, white and black Baptists in Stonington, Connecticut reached a mutual decision regarding their respective but related future. African members of the First Baptist Church petitioned their white brethren: Beloved Brethren: Believing that the time has come when the…
Union General George B. McClellan, although now on the defensive in the long-running Peninsular Campaign, is yet threatening Richmond, Virgina, the Confederate Capital. His advance to Richmond checked and earlier this month outmanuevered by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s forces during the Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station),…