According to some sources, a new Alabama Baptist newspaper is established today with the first publication of the bi-weekly Christian Herald at Moulton. Josephus Shackelford (1830-1915) is the editor. From the 1850s to the present Shackleford pastored a number of churches in the Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama region, while also teaching at various small Baptist…
Many churches of the South that found themselves in the war’s path shut their doors for the duration of the great conflict. Some churches closed to never reopen after the war, but others are re-assembling and trying to return to normal. Among the later is Maloney’s Spring Baptist Church of Syrmna, Georgia. The Maloney’s Spring…
Today the four convicted assassins of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln are hanged: Lewis Powell (also Payne or Paine), David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt. General Winfield Scott Hancock, a hero of the war, is the officer in charge of the executions. Hancock is a Baptist. Lewis Powell, one of the most hated men…