Old Abe was an eagle who was a mascot of sorts for Company C of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. According to a local article,
Old Abe remains the inspiration for the bald eagle logo representing the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army…
Apparently, there’s a long-running controversy over whether Abe was a boy or a girl. So Read more
Over the past few months a significant number of Christian leaders have cautioned that God may judge the United States of America for its flaunting of sin, including the open support for and advocacy of the homosexual lifestyle and the epidemic of abortion.
Scoffers have roundly criticized and dismissed such statements, with one going so far as to ask why God would destroy America for homosexuality but not slavery:
If God were going to destroy America why didn’t he do it when we enslaved, brutalized, and murdered thousands of his children shipped over from Africa?
To be accurate, most mainstream faith leaders have said God will judge America, not (necessarily) destroy it. Is such a pronouncement really that fringe?
Ask President Abraham Lincoln.
Though less so today, years ago, many Read more
An interesting article from the local Hanover newspaper covers the present-day re-enactment of Civil War military church services:
When a Civil War regiment marched into battle, it usually had more chaplains than surgeons backing it up.
Battlefield medicine may have been in its infancy, but religion was central to most of the men, and soldiers relied on faith to heal the spirit from the horrors of war.
“If you were in a potential battle area, you definitely wanted to make sure you went to church and didn’t want to go in there without that blessing,” said Kirk Davis, history director at Gettysburg Anniversary Committee.
In an interesting note: Read more
A New York museum is hosting a collection of US military Bibles dating from the mid 1800s to modern times.
The exhibit showcases three dozen copies of Scriptures published for members of the U.S. Armed Forces from the Civil War onward, from leather-bound, 19th-century copies to contemporary Bibles clothed in camouflage.
The books are on loan from Read more
A local paper has been documenting local heroes who have received the Medal of Honor. They recently highlighted John Whitehead, a Chaplain in the 15th Indiana volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
Chaplain Whitehead received the Medal of Honor for Read more
The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum has opened a new exhibit featuring religion during the Civil War.
Throughout the nation’s history, American soldiers have fought for God and country. During the Civil War, the bonds of country were blurred, but faith in God remained strong on both sides, blue and gray… Read more