Many church buildings fall prey to the battles of and movement of troops during the war. One such structure this month is the Enon Baptist Church of Chesterfield County, Virginia. As a part of the grand Union strategy of capturing Richmond, Union Mayor General Benjamin Butler is working his way toward Chesterfield County between Richmond…
Today the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House begins, the second battle of the long Wilderness Campaign in which Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with the long term goal of capturing nearby Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, attempts to outmaneuver and wear down Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Having fought Grant to…
The war, although perhaps dampening Baptist growth in the United States, has by no means halted the founding of new congregations. Many established within the past year are African Baptist congregations, as their church names note. Growth is also taking place in the Mid-West and the often-new cities in the far West. Among churches started…