On this Sunday, ten days have passed since the commencement of the war between North and South. Mary Beckley Bristow, an active member of Sardis Baptist Church in Union, Kentucky (a Calvinist congregation), in the pages of her diary writes of her loyalty to the South: I was at Union yesterday; every person I saw…
Dr. Galusha Anderson (illustration), a graduate of Rochester Theological Seminary (and the first to have earned a doctorate from Rochester), is the pastor of Second Baptist Church of St. Louis, Missouri. He has been pastor of the congregation for three turbulent years. During this time, two infant sons and his wife died, leaving Anderson with…
The fallout in Virginia continues as Robert E. Lee resigns his commission with the U. S. Army in order to fight on behalf of his native state. Lee writes to General Winfield Scott, his friend and mentor: Arlington, Washington City P.O. April 20, 1861 General: Since my interview with you on the 18th instant I…