The village of Stoughton, Massachusetts contributes many of its men as volunteers in the Union Army. So strong is sentiment for the Union that on April 22 at a town meeting, the community votes to make certain that the future needs of soldiers’ families are met: That it is the sense of this meeting…
Patriots in Attleboro, Massachusetts gather at the First Baptist Church (founded in 1817) to prepare themselves spiritually before marching off to war. The volunteer soldiers have been training for weeks on the Baptist Common, in front of the Baptist church between Park and North Washington streets. Today is Sunday. The men, Company I of the…
J. Warren Merrill of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a successful businessman and local civic leader. He serves as mayor of Cambridge from 1865-1867. He is also a Baptist, having been baptized in the Baldwin Place Baptist Church in Boston in 1833. Now, his membership resides with the Cambridge Baptist Church. In addition, Merrill is a leader…