Kentucky is engaged in a see-saw battle for control between Union and Confederate forces. Refusing to secede, the state nonetheless harbors many Confederates. This month, Union forces in northern Kentucky visit the Sardis Primitive Baptist Church in Union, a congregation with Confederate sentiments. One member, Mary Beckley Bristow, comments upon these recent events: Have just…
At Dry Creek Baptist Church in Kenton County, Kentucky, on the southern border of the Ohio River below Cincinnati, the Northbend Baptist Association convenes. Congregations in Kenton and Boone counties comprise the association’s membership. Although usually meeting for three days, this year’s meeting is limited to one day, because of the war-caused distractions. Northbend messengers…
Today is Sunday, but church services are not the only matter occupying the minds of Baptists in Richmond, Virginia. Jefferson Davis and his family — wife, Varina, and children Margaret, Jefferson Jr. and Joseph — arrive in Richmond and are greeted by enthusiastic Virginians. Davis’s arrival is in conjunction with the moving of the Confederate…