Today, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, recently named commander of the District of West Tennessee, launches the Vicksburg Campaign, a Union offensive to seize total control of the Mississippi River by capturing the fortified river city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. It will be months before Grant reaches Vicksburg, but the campaign will prove to be one…
The Bethel Baptist Association of Georgia assembles today, near Albany. Following an “Introductory Sermon” from Acts 1:8 (“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the…
As the month of October draws to a close following recent reversals for the Confederate Army, this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index offers words of encouragement to the white citizens of God’s chosen nation. Enslavement of the black race, and liberty and freedom for the white race, is God’s will and worth fighting for at…