Baptists and the American Civil War: May 23, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia is under Union control. Today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the city, an event witnessed by James W. Hunnicutt, a southerner who is a Free Will Baptist and a devoted supporter of the Union. President Lincoln and Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, visited Fredericksburg on last Friday, the 23d instant (May).…