West Virginia, officially formed last month as a state by popular vote (but yet to be formally admitted to the Union), is on the side of the Union. Yet, Union control over the former western region of Confederate Virginia is tenuous. This weekend, Confederate forces exploit the weak Union presence in the town of Guyandotte…
Baptist newspapers of the South during the war typically carry much Civil War-related news, including troop movements, political developments, economic news, letters from soldiers, editorial commentary, and more. Today’s Biblical Recorder of North Carolina prints the following letter, dated October 20, from a Baptist soldier, identified only as D. H. C.: DEAR BRO. HUFHAM: –…
Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch reports: Rev. L. W. Allen, a Baptist clergyman from Caroline county, passed through this city a few days since en route for Kentucky, to raise a regiment with which to fight the Yankee invaders. Rev. Mr. Allen has until recently been the pastor of one of the largest churches in Louisville,…