Today, Presley Barry Womack enlists in Company I, Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He serves as a hostler for the officers of the company, and sees action in the battles of Fort Henry and Shiloh. Born in Wayne County, Illinois in 1830, Presley, a Baptist, has personal childhood memories of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. When Womack was…
Southern Baptists, like other southerners, miss many northern goods because of war-related trade sanctions. Yet in one respect, Baptists of the South voice gladness that a particular northern industry has been marginalized: as of this week, Bible publication is no longer dependent upon northern printing presses. The Tennessee Baptist thus reports: The first set of…
In the pages of the current edition of the Tennessee Baptist, readers learn of a proposal advocating new uniforms for the students of Mary Sharp College, a female Baptist institution in Tennessee. A shortage of northern goods, including clothing, is already plaguing the South. But the South has plenty of cotton that can be made…