Among the Southern states, the Civil War ended the latest in Texas. With the defeat of the Confederacy, former and late Texas governor and Baptist layman Sam Houston turned out to be right in having refused to go along with secession, even though his refusal had led to his ouster from office mere weeks before…
Thomas E. Bramlette (1817-1875) is a Baptist layman, lawyer and state politician in this home state of Kentucky. Like many Kentuckians, he is a Union man. Earlier in the war he was commissioned as a colonel and raised the Third Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Bramlette has recently resigned his military position and today he becomes the…
The times are defined by war, and Baptists do their part in seeking success for their respective governments. Today in Richmond, the Confederate capital, the Confederate States Senate meets, with opening prayer by the Rev. Dr. Seeley of the city’s Second Baptist Church. Far from the storied halls of national governments, today is much like…