“Young Brother Singleton,” identified as a theology student at Mercer University, today gives “an interesting discourse” to the congregation at Bethesda Baptist Church in Greene County, Georgia. He is sponsored, one would surmise, by Pastor Henry Holcomb Tucker, who doubles as university professor of metaphysics and belles-lettres. Besides a letter granted to member Sarah Jones,…
As Union battlefield victories and strategic advances grow, unrest in the Confederate capital is also on the rise. Writing from Richmond, Baptist Abby Gwathney conveys to the her parents the unease which pervades the city and state, the former now under martial law. She notes (excerpted): We are expecting a battle daily on the Peninsula.…
In Virginia’s northern Shenandoah Valley, German Baptists are rebelling against a proclamation from Virginia governor John Fletcher incorporating the state’s militia into the Confederate Army. The proclamation is in response to a desperate need for more Confederate manpower in the face of recent Union victories. Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, ready to ramp up efforts…