In Jackson, Louisiana, the day dawns clear and turns hot and humid, with temperatures soaring into the 90s. Today is Sunday, and it is a time of celebration for the town’s First Baptist Church. The church, founded in 1835, dedicates its third church building (pictured), an edifice that will endure into the twenty-first century. As…
Born on June 23, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland, John Wheaton Lynch “helped recruit for the 106th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861. The regiment was mustered in the on August 24, 1861, and John W. Lynch served as a first lieutenant. The 106th saw action at many notable battles, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.…
Addressing the Congress of the Confederate States of America, President Jefferson Davis discusses the need to make a south-wide assessment of the arms and munitions available to the Confederacy for the protection of Southern families from possible hostile action on the part of the United States of America. Meanwhile, New York Baptist layman and businessman…