Andrew Levering, graduate of Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Newton, Massachusetts, former Baptist pastor in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, musters in the St. Paul Pioneer Guard (later a part of Company A of the First Minnesota Infantry) as a private. He is 33 years old. He got into trouble once…
The Chowan Baptist Association of North Carolina meets and issues the following resolution in support of the Confederate States of America: Resolutions adopted by the Chowan Baptist Association, of the State of North Carolina, at its fifty-fifth annual session, on the 16th day of May, 1861. (1) Resolved, That this body concurs in the suggestion…
In Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace and capital of the Confederate States of America, excitement runs high as Baptists join the ranks of new soldiers training and marching off to war. An observer captures the scene in Montgomery today, albeit perhaps with a bit of exaggeration at certain points: From my window at the top of…