Today a former neighbor of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is appointed colonel of the 4th (West) Virginia Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. The appointment of Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn (1824-1901) comes as the Union-supportive western portion of the state of Virginia is in the process of establishing itself as a state separate…
President Abraham Lincoln, a former Baptist who now embodies a more mystical view of God and, due to the unparalleled war the nation is now engaged in, is being transformed into the United States’ theologian-in-chief, issues his first proclamation for a national day of fasting: Whereas a joint Committee of both Houses of Congress has…
Today, Mary Beckley Bristow, a member of the Sardis Baptist Church in Union, Kentucky, reflects upon the recent Confederate victory at the first battle of Manassas / Bull Run, fought three days prior: A great battle has been fought in old Virginia between the North, East & West against the South, who is battling alone…