Today begins the second phase of Union General William T. Sherman‘s march through the South. One month ago Sherman and his Federals completed phase one, the March to the Sea, by taking Savannah. While the capture of the Georgia port city was important psychologically, politically and economically, the city also provides a base of operations…
Today many white citizens of Newnan, Georgia convene in the city’s Methodist church to affirm, amidst the desolation of war visited upon their state, their commitment to the Confederate States of America. Among those present are many Baptists. A committee of 26 of “the most influential, wealthy and intelligent citizens” of the county is formed.…
The Confederacy is losing the war, but the entire American nation is suffering. This week, long-time Kentucky Baptist layman and former state politician Leonard Stephens (illustration) writes his brother William (now living in Missouri), bewailing what the war has wrought in his home state. Stephens letter offers insight into race relations as the end of…