Early 1864 saw the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph Johnston in winter quarters preparing to sashay around the state’s mountain passes when the spring campaign opened and the marching feet of tens of thousands under the command of Gen. William T. Sherman would sweep into Georgia. Outnumbered, poorly equipped, discouraged, and yet resisting…
Today is the second day of the Georgia Baptist Convention in session at the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta. Yesterday’s opening agenda included morning worship and initial discussions, reports and resolutions concerning the support of Confederate soldiers and the orphans of deceased soldiers. The focus on soldiers and soldiers’ families is indicative of the mood…
Baptists of the Roaring River District Baptist Association gather this day at Reddie’s River Church in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Like most other Primitive Baptist associational gatherings during the war, they decline to focus on the war. Primitive Baptists of the South, more than Southern Baptists, tend to maintain their heritage of strict separation of…