Baptist ministers respond to the war in diverse ways. Some remain in their pulpits; others leave the pastorate to enroll as chaplains or missionaries or soldiers; and a few step down from preaching in order to engage the enemy in an unofficial capacity. The latter is the case with an unnamed Baptist minister in Arkansas…
As U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant‘s army marches southward through Louisiana, a contingent of Union naval vessels prepares to slip by Vicksburg’s batteries under the cover of darkness. A key city in the war against the South, the capture of the Mississippi city would split the Confederacy east and west while giving the United States…
As the war rages on, some Baptist congregations of the South faithfully hold monthly days of fasting and prayer, imploring God to put an end to the conflict and lead his chosen nation to victory. Other Baptist congregations avoid such meetings altogether, while still others are irregular in observance. Rev. E. Dodson of North Carolina…