The city founded by America’s first Baptist quickly responds to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms against the Confederate States of America. Today, the First Rhode Island Battery, following two days of preparation, leaves Providence to join the fight. Comprised of 146 men, the Battery departs the city as thousands of well-wishers watch and…
The Milledgeville (GA) Southern Recorder newspaper voices the thoughts of many white Baptists in the state: [The capture of Fort Sumter] is indeed a good beginning on our side, and imparts great moral strength to our cause … The South is acting strictly on the defensive, and in no instance has been the aggressor; but…
Three days after the Confederacy fires upon Union forces at Fort Sumter, U. S. Abraham Lincoln issues a proclamation against the Confederate States of America, calling for the raising of a United States militia to respond to the hostile actions of the CSA: Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time…