New Bern, founded in 1710 and named after Bern, Switzerland, is the second oldest town in North Carolina and served as the first state capital. Located at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, it is a beautiful town. And yet the city’s rivers prove its undoing during the war, as Union soldiers arrive…
Many Northern Baptist associations meet this week and voice support of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln’s recent call for emancipation of slaves in the border states. Meanwhile, many white Southern Baptist continue marching off to war in defense of African slavery. Among those enrolling today is 26-year old William M. Williams of Buchanan, Georgia, whose…
In the midst of large-scale death caused by the Civil War, the death of one boy in Washington, D.C. causes unparalleled anguish in the life of the President of the United States. Following a period of illness, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year old son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, dies at 5 PM today in…