In South Caroline a new Baptist church is formed this day: the First Baptist Church of Inman (as it is later named). A season of revival following the war provides the impetus for the formation of the new congregation. A growing Temperance movement in Spartanburg County contributed to the revivalism. Historically, Baptists had not been…
South Carolinian Robert Smalls, a former slave who had worked in Charleston’s shipyards, became a hero to the North in May 1862 when he commandeered the Confederate transport CSS Planter in Charleston Harbor and steered the ship to safety and freedom for himself and his crew of slaves and their families, behind nearby Union naval…
George M. Slaysman, pastor of First Baptist York, Pennsylvania, and his congregation earlier in the year allowed the Duquesne Grays Pennsylvania regiment to use church buildings as barracks as the soldiers trained in preparation for the battlefield. This month, as their time for deployment draws nigh, the soldiers move to newly-constructed barracks nearby. Upon completion…