“Will the Sec. of Navy please call on me at once.” Thus Lincoln writes from the “Executive Mansion,” signaling the crisis that is Fort Sumter. Meanwhile, in Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate States of America issues its first currency. Also in Alabama, the Cedar Bluff Baptist Church (in Cedar Bluff, Alabama) meets for its monthly business…
The Confederate Congress and Confederate President Jefferson Davis issue a call for 100,000 volunteer soldiers to serve for twelve months. Yet uncertainty surrounds the fate of Deep South states not yet committed to the southern cause; Union sentiment remains strong in Tennessee and North Carolina. In the Upper South, Virginia is tipping toward secession. Meanwhile,…
The Texas Secessionist Convention reconvenes, and friction remains between Texas Governor Sam Houston, a Baptist committed to the Union, and the Texas legislature. Houston’s days in office are numbered. By way of contrast, Joseph Brown – Georgia’s Baptist governor – continues enhancing his state’s military preparedness against the United States. Meanwhile, the United States Congress…