The history of the Frying Pan Baptist Church of Virginia goes back to the Revolutionary War. Today and beyond, however, the church’s meeting house plays a minor role in the story of the Civil War. The meeting house, located next to a road that is frequently used for troop movement during the war, is the…
From a Baptist family, George H. Marston of Appleton, Wisconsin is serving in Company E. 6th Wisconsin Infantry, a part of the Iron Brigade. His military service, not unlike many soldiers, includes brushes with death: he being commissioned second Lieutenant, being later made first lieutenant, with which rank he was mustered out of service, March…
Many white southerners, Baptist and otherwise, view the Civil War as the means of preserving the freedom of the white race, which they equate with God’s will for the world. The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Virginia) reports: Yesterday witnessed a nation at prayers. It was a day ever to be remembered. From one end of these…