New Bern, founded in 1710 and named after Bern, Switzerland, is the second oldest town in North Carolina and served as the first state capital. Located at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, it is a beautiful town. And yet the city’s rivers prove its undoing during the war, as Union soldiers arrive…
Many Northern Baptist associations meet this week and voice support of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln’s recent call for emancipation of slaves in the border states. Meanwhile, many white Southern Baptist continue marching off to war in defense of African slavery. Among those enrolling today is 26-year old William M. Williams of Buchanan, Georgia, whose…
While Southern Baptist army missionary A. E. Dickinson argues that Confederate Army camp life offers an opportunity to complete the Christian evangelization of Southern states, an anonymous Southern Baptist professor, utilizing flowery language not uncommon of the day, disagrees: An appeal to the soldiers of the Confederate States, by an old instructor, many of whose…