The Battle of Shiloh continues today, with momentum shifting to the Union and resulting in a victory for the United States. Dr. Nathaniel Alexander “Alex” Morgan (1823 – 1907), a Louisiana physician and farmer, fights in the 19th Louisiana Infantry. In a letter to his wife Fanny following the battle, he describes the battlefield action…
The Battle of Shiloh occurs near a small log church in western Tennessee. The primary fighting will last until the morrow. The church building, destroyed shortly after the battle, is Shiloh United Methodist Church. Some references indicate that a Baptist congregation also utilizes the building. Indeed, Protestant denominations frequently share buildings in the rural South.…
In a reminder that many Baptists of the South are just as pro-war as other southerners, an announcement in this week’s Memphis Daily Appeal makes note of a new weapon of war invented by an enterprising Baptist minster: The Rev. Mr. Graves, a well known elder of the Baptist church, yesterday showed us a new…