U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s April 16, 1862 emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia set in motion a chain of events that result in this month’s establishing of a black church for freed persons on the grounds of the former plantation of Robert E. and Mary Lee, a congregation from which two black Baptist…
An editorial in the current edition of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, written prior to the Confederate defeats in the Chattanooga Campaign and at Knoxville, strives to lift the spirits of white Baptists of the South. Despite the losses in Tennessee, faithful believers in the Confederate cause yet want to cling to the belief…
Retreating Confederate forces achieve success today in the Battle of Ringgold Gap, a minor clash that follows the just-concluded three day Chattanooga Campaign. The victory allows the Confederate Army of Tennessee to retreat safely through the mountain pass known as “Ringgold Gap.” Confederate casualties number about 200, while the Union suffers some 500 casualties. Gen.…