Ohio native, outlaw and Confederate raider William Quantrill is on the run with about 300 men. On August 21, Quantrill and some 450 men had attacked Lawrence, Kansas and murdered 183 men and boys. Lawrence was the home of U.S. Senator James H. Lane, a leading voice in keeping slavery out of Kansas. Lane had…
Baptists of Alabama’s Central Baptist Association meet at the Poplar Spring Baptist Church in Coosa County and, like so many other Southern Baptist associations this fall season, address the war and army missions. Soon after assembling, the first resolution is passed. Whereas, a large majority of our churches are in a cold, declining condition, and…
Despite revivals in Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate soldiers camped at Marietta, Georgia seldom hear the Gospel proclaimed. A recent letter from Georgia Baptist army missionary James A. Toole appears in this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index. From Marietta, Toole speaks of his work and mentions the lack of preaching…