Editor Samuel Boykin of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, frequent commentator regarding war news and views, this week offers his thoughts on “The Ministry: Its duty and responsibility in the present state of the country.” While loyal to the Confederacy, and at times positing the Confederate States of America as God’s Kingdom on earth, Boykin at…
Today, Presley Barry Womack enlists in Company I, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He serves as a hostler for the officers of the company, and sees action in the battles of Fort Henry and Shiloh. Born in Wayne County, Illinois in 1830, Presley, a Baptist, has personal childhood memories of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. When Womack was…
The war between South and North has been waging for almost five months. Kentucky is now aligned with the Union, following Confederate incursions in the state a few days earlier, a move that violated the state’s (then) neutrality. Nonetheless, much Confederate sentiment remains within the Bluegrass state during the war. Virginia, likewise, harbors divided loyalties.…