Rev. F. N. Barlow (born 1818), pastor of the Baptist Church in Halfmoon, New York, today enlists as a First Lieutenant in Co H 115th New York Infantry. Known as the “Iron Hearted Regiment,” the 115th New York is organized August 26, 1862 at Fonda, New York, mustering out on June 17, 1865. In the…
Many white Southern Baptists do not mince words when excoriating the United States, as one example in today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder amply demonstrates. Mr. Ely, a Federal Congressman, who, our readers will recollect, was captured at the battle of Manassas and for some time confined in Richmond, as a prisoner of war, was…
Anxiety permeates Richmond, the Confederate capital. Union General George B. McClellan, months into a slow, steady drive toward Richmond, lurks on the outskirts of the city, along the Chickahominy River, with his 105,000 strong Union Army. Between McClellan and the city limits are 60,000 Confederate troops commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Going on the offensive,…