Baptists and the American Civil War: May 31, 1861
John Richard Mills (1844-1910) of Providence, Kentucky is serving in the Confederate Army. At the first call to arms in 1861, although only seventeen years of age, he left his home and school, near Providence, Ky., and, in company with several schoolmates, went to Hopkinsville, Ky., and joined a company organized by Capt. J. K.…
