Today, a Sunday, is a formal day of fasting and prayer in the Confederacy, following the devastating losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg of the previous month. In Alabama, Baptist minister Isaac T. Tichenor–earlier in the year returned from a stint serving as a chaplain and missionary to the Confederate army and now pastoring the First…
The Tar River Baptist Association of North Carolina convenes today. A summary of the associational meeting provides glimpses into many aspects of Baptist life in the war-torn Confederate States of America. From August 20th-23rd, 1863, the Association met with Red Bud Church, Franklin County. The sermon from John 9:4 was preached by Henry Petty. N.…
William C. Quantrill — former Confederate soldier serving under General Benjamin McCullough and currently leader of a ruthless Western band of guerrillas with southern sympathies — leads his outlaw gang toward Lawrence, Kansas. The foray marks Quantrill’s westernmost advance. Previously confining his raids in an area from western Missouri to the Kansas border, the guerrilla…