Today the three-day Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina draws to a close with yet another Union victory by Sherman‘s army. The Union victory comes as no surprise, as the Confederates are outnumbered 3-to-1 during the fighting. Any loss of soldiers is devastating to the Confederacy at this late date in the war. Over 10% of…
Savannah, Georgia, a plantation-driven city of the Deep South of which Baptists have long claimed a formal dominance among slaves of religious persuasions, continues to undergo radical transformation almost three months after Union capture of the city. Many remaining white citizens are far from happy with the freedom now enjoyed by former slaves, freedom unimaginable…
Today Confederate Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey (1828-1885) resigns his commission, due to bad health. A Southern Baptist preacher who became known as the “Preacher General” during the war, after the war Lowrey moves back to his home state of Mississippi, where in 1873 he founds Blue Mountain Female Institute. He also serves as president…