The war now fully engaged, territories controlled by the Union and Confederate armies are fluid. Thus far, battles have been fought on Southern fields, and Union armies are gradually pressing southward. In much of the upper South and Tennessee, civilians live in somewhat of a no-man’s land, their towns and farms seesawing between Confederate and…
William R. Williams, prominent Northern Baptist pastor of Amity Baptist Church, New York, delivers the keynote address at this evening’s convening of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. The war is heavy on the minds, hearts and spirits of all present, and Williams offers no sympathy to the Southern Cause as supported by his fellow…
Not all Confederate Baptist soldiers live exemplary lives in the camps, as noted by one Methodist soldier. “. . . I have been very bad off for a few days, but this morning I feel better. I am yet in the hospital but don’t know how long I will stay here. I have been here…