Confederate General Robert E. Lee, on the march northward, is placing pressure on the United States Army. Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, moving down the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of Pennsylvania, today battles a Union garrison at Winchester, Virginia. By nightfall the Confederates have effectively defeated the Union forces, who begin quietly withdrawing under…
Today newly-freed former slaves gather in the Baptist Church of Beaufort, South Carolina, a coastal town under Union control and a base of operations for the housing, training and education of freedpersons, many of whom are now serving in the United States military. The story of the gathering of these freepersons in the Baptist Church…
This month the state Baptist Association of Illinois convenes and, following the lead of other state Baptist groups of the North earlier this year, affirms as God’s will freedom for all humans and the righteousness of the war against Southern slavery. In the midst of many dangers and reverses which have overtaken our arms during…