Today in Putnam County, West Virginia–a border county in a border state–Northern and Southern forces clash in the Skirmish of Hurricane Bridge. Fortified for the winter months west of the river near Point Pleasant and the Hurricane Baptist Church are federal forces under the command of Union Captain J. W. Johnson. In recent weeks the…
Today the Confederacy observes a national day of fasting and prayer as appointed by president Jefferson Davis. Richmond’s Daily Dispatch writes of the day: This day is recommended by the President to be observed as a day of fasting and prayer through out the Confederacy. We cannot doubt that, as on all former occasion of…
While Georgia’s Southern Baptist governor, Joseph Brown, is making headlines as the Georgia legislature is in session, some Southern Baptists in the state are talking about this week’s Christian Index editorial by editor Samuel Boykin. Confederate political and religious leaders remain defiant in their defense of slavery and certain that God is on their side.…