For weeks, the Civil War has been a common subject of discussion when Baptists gather on Sundays. Whether spoken of from the pulpit or in the church yard, the talk is often animated. No where is this perhaps more true than in the Border States, where loyalties are clearly split and pro-slavery and anti-slavery convictions…
Pressure builds between the state of Virginia and adjacent Washington, D.C. Both the Union and the Confederacy realize that Virginia will be pivotal in the war. Against this backdrop, the U. S. Navy today blocks the entrances to the James River and Hampton Roads, Virginia. In addition, U.S. sources also seizes two additional Confederate vessels,…
The Milledgeville (GA) Southern Recorder newspaper voices the thoughts of many white Baptists in the state: [The capture of Fort Sumter] is indeed a good beginning on our side, and imparts great moral strength to our cause … The South is acting strictly on the defensive, and in no instance has been the aggressor; but…