The bi-annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention assembles today in the Green Street Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (a location chosen after the original plan to meet in Columbia, Mississippi was jeopardized by the presence of the United States Army in the state). As in 1845 (the year of the formation of the SBC),…
Today Union Navy Admiral David Farragut manages to slip two of his ships back past the forts of Vicksburg, Mississippi in preparation for a campaign to attack the city. Having probed the city’s defenses, Farragut now prepares for an impending rendezvous with land forces. The Vicksburg campaign officially commences six days hence, when U. S.…
The throes of war cannot stop Baptists of the South from the task of starting new congregations. Today the Smyrna Baptist Church of Pike County, Mississippi is birthed. The new church is founded at a time when many of the county’s men are fighting for the Confederacy. Meanwhile, another Baptist, Georgia Gov. Joseph E. Brown,…