Baptists and the American Civil War: September 10, 1861
Today, Presley Barry Womack enlists in Company I, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He serves as a hostler for the officers of the company, and sees action in the battles of Fort Henry and Shiloh. Born in Wayne County, Illinois in 1830, Presley, a Baptist, has personal childhood memories of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. When Womack was…