Many northern Christians, including many Baptists, are convinced of the righteousness of the Union cause: the unity of the American nation and freedom for African slaves. This certainty leads the Young Men’s Christian Association of Albany, New York to petition for a Battery Regiment. Today the Independent Battery, Flying Artillery is authorized, under the leadership…
While the month of September is otherwise occupied with Baptist associational meetings throughout the Confederate States and United States, the stream of Baptists marching off to war continues. Many of the new soldiers will not return to their home churches. Among those marching off to war never to return is John Simms of Stamford, Connecticut.…
In Beaufort, South Carolina, citizens and soldiers wait anxiously for federal warships off the coast. “No Fleet yet, off Port Royal,” reports Thomas R S Elliott to his father. Batteries are being laid out, cannons put in place, a fort on Ladies Island is now finished, and the arrival of Dunnovants Regiment is anticipated. The…