This weekend in Virginia, Confederate forces, led by Major General J.E.B. Stuart, engage the U.S. Sixth Army Corps near Frying Pan Baptist Church in the larger vicinity of Bull Run, site of two earlier major battles. The military activity is nothing new for the little church, which, due to the meeting house’s location on a…
Meeting at the Liberty Grove Baptist Church in Alexander County, North Carolina, the United Baptist Association passes a resolution on army colportage and affirms unwavering support of the Southern Confederacy. The Report on Colportage reads: Your committee on Colportage submit the following : “Whereas, our country is in a distracted condition, and so manv of…
A Confederate chaplain writes in his diary this day. October 15 – Ten years ago God converted my soul. C. H. Ruffin, of Nash Co., wounded yesterday. Dies in my arms – in perfect peace. Charlie enlisted at 17, and perhaps, was the wildest boy in his Regiment. He was very respectful to me, but…