Prior to the war the Madison Baptist Church in Georgia, like many other congregations in the Deep South, had almost as many black members as white members. Most, if not all, black members were slaves, their presence forced by their masters and policed by white church members. In 1859 a new church sanctuary was constructed.…
Today the Little River Baptist Church resumes services, having not held worship services since October 1861. The Little River congregation is one of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of white churches whose members have the resources to resume services in Alabama this summer. Others are not so fortunate, having been permanently shuttered during the war. Autonomous black…
In the Treaty of Doaksville in Indian Territory, Confederate Native Americans surrender this day. As stated in the treaty, the Choctaw Nation, allies with the Confederacy during the war, “do agree at once to return to their respective homes and there remain at peace with United States, and offer no indignities, whatever, against the whites…