Clarrisa Jones, Nurse, Alexandria Baptist Hospital

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 12, 1862

Across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is Alexandria, Virginia. Occupied by United States forces since May 24, 1861, the town is the former home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee–currently engaged in a daring invasion of Maryland–whose estate is used by the Union as a military command post. Many other buildings in town have…

Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 24, 1861

The First African Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia (now Alfred Street Baptist Church), established in 1818, is the oldest African American congregation in the city. It has long been a mission of the (white) First Baptist Church. Two years prior to the present, the church’s first “‘bona fida’ Negro minister/pastor” assumed the pulpit. Then came…

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