Today in the United States elections are held for several governorships as well as the U.S. House and one-third of the Senate. Southern politicians in Richmond hope that peace candidates will make gains, but their hopes are to no avail as Republicans increase their strength in statehouses and in Washington. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s chances…
On this Sunday in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Abraham Lincoln poses for a new photograph. The president’s Gettysburg Address is merely one week distant. The growing toll of death weighs heavily upon the man. In California, a fire ravages Nevada City. Fires are a frequent occurrence in western towns due to the predominance of wooden…
While few in numbers, Baptists nonetheless have established a solid presence in the Western state of California. Delegates from the San Fransisco Baptist Association meet this month and express their position, albeit not quite unanimously, regarding the war raging far from their new homes and churches: all are transplants, many from the North, but some…