The Chattahoochee Baptist Association in north Georgia meets this weekend. The war is on the minds of delegates, who craft and affirm by vote a special report on “State and Country” that reads: “Whereas, Abraham Lincoln is endeavoring to subjugate the Southern states contrary to the Constitution which he has taken an oath to carry…
Formed only one year earlier, the Mississippi Baptist Association, meeting at Mars Hill, offers “fervent prayers … to God on behalf of our beloved country,” and adopts a resolution regarding the war: “Resolved, That Saturday before the first Lord’s day in November be recommended to the churches composing this Association as a day to be…
The state of Tennessee is in turmoil, her citizens’ loyalties divided. Tennessee soldiers fight in both southern and northern armies, while the South struggles to retain control of the state. The divided loyalties of soldiers in both Tennessee and neighboring Kentucky lead to much internal conflict that pits southern soldiers against one another, with civilians…