The Battle of Perryville is over and Kentucky is solidly in Union hands. The Confederates have withdrawn from northern Kentucky and the healthy Confederate prisoners left behind in Perryville have been paroled by the United States Army. Now, to the victor falls the task of dealing with sick and wounded soldiers from both sides. The…
Mundane events reveal interesting details of Baptist life in the Confederate capital of Richmond, such as the following news account: Bob, slave of Captain Jackson Warner, hired as nurse at the Baptist Female Institute, was taken in custody, on Saturday, and lodged in prison, by the Military police, for stealing a pocket-book containing $85 in…
The war transforms thousands of churches in the South, one of which is the home church of the woman destined to be the most famous Southern Baptist woman of all time: Lottie Moon (1840-1912). Today, the Scottsville Baptist Church of Virginia opens its doors–not necessarily by choice–to ill and wounded Confederate soldiers. Impressed by the…