Since late January, the American Baptist Home Mission Society has been contemplating and planning for work among freedmen living under the protection of the Union Army in the coastal areas of South Carolina and beyond, inquiring “into their needs and the opportunities for religious work.” The Society’s leaders have since determined that missionaries and teachers…
The city of Troy, New York, prior to the Civil War grew to become one of the 20th largest cities in America. Growth, however, came with consequences. Like many other cities of the early and mid-nineteenth century, the city of largely wooden buildings has by now experienced a series of increasingly destructive fires. Today, however,…
Abner Doubleday, destined to be known in modern mythology as the father of baseball, is one of the more prominent officers in the Union Army. From a Baptist family, Abner’s brother Thomas is also of Baptist stock, their father having been a New York politician, prominent Baptist layman, and Baptist author. Abner played a leading…