Baptists and the American Civil War: December 8, 1861
New York Senator Ira Harris (1802-1875), close political friend of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln, is one the nation’s most prominent Baptists. His name also graces New York’s 2nd Regiment Calvary, known as the “Harris Light Calvary.” Today William O. Stoddard, White House assistant and columnist for the New York Examiner, speaks of Harris in…