Today South Carolina Baptist minister William L. Curry, born in 1836, is appointed as the chaplain of 50th Georgia Regiment. A graduate of Furman University and with degrees from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (all in South Carolina), Curry is well educated. Ordained in 1860, he sought appointment as a…
Southern slave holders long ago staked out the public position that their African slaves are happy and fulfilled in their lives of bondage. Africans’ inherent intelligence, so the reasoning goes, is suitable–at its best– for a life of enslavement consisting of social and racial isolation, hard work, meager rations, primitive housing, no familial bonds, and…
Thirteen days after the Confederacy fires on Fort Sumter and the Civil War begins, Virginia’s Richmond Fayette Light Artillery, consisting of four officers and 108 enlisted men, is mustered into state service.The unit is initially stationed at the Baptist College artillery barracks, and later participates in the Maryland campaign (under General Lafayette McLaw’s Division), before…