While war is uppermost on the minds of many Baptists in the North, life otherwise carries on as much as possible. Today, the music program of the First Baptist Church of Peoria, Illinois is the subject of a lengthy letter to the editor published in the Peoria Morning Mail, and written by an unidentified “lady.”…
Testifying to the large number of Baptist churches across the North and South, many Civil War battles and skirmishes take place near or in Baptist church yards. In south central Missouri, in the small community of Vera Cruz, just such a battle unfolds. The United States controls Missouri, but contingents of Confederate troops roam the…
Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, a Southern Baptist layman, has evidenced an independent streak since the beginning of the war. Brown governs over a state whose citizens, most of whom are not slave owners, barely supported secession in early 1861. In this second year of war, Brown has demonstrated that he will protect the interests…