The Alabama Baptist State Convention convenes today in Marion, the first assembly of this body during the war years. Southern Baptist divine and Chaplain to the Confederacy Basil Manly, Sr. opens the meeting in prayer. As in other assemblages of Southern Baptist associations and state conventions this fall, war is uppermost in the minds of…
Freedom finally arrives today for some African slaves, including many Baptists, of Port Royal, South Carolina. Following a four-day coastal siege held in check by stormy weather, a Union Navy fleet accompanied by soldiers overwhelms the meager Confederate defense, sending Confederate soldiers and white civilians fleeing inland and/or northward to Charleston. The “Day of the…
One of the most important offenses of the autumn season is unfolding off the coast of South Carolina near the Georgia state line. A United States Navy fleet and Army expeditionary force has been stationed off the mouth of Port Royal Sound for the past two days. Until today, bad weather has prevented the Union…