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- 150 Years Ago Today - A Knock on Rev. A. D. Gillettes Front Door. . .
The Reverend Doctor Abram Dunn Gillette was greatly puzzled On the afternoon of July 6 (1865), Assistant Secretary of War Thomas T Eckert arrived at Dr Gillette's front door in a carriage and asked the pastor of Washington's First Baptist Church to attend to the doomed conspirators at the Arsenal
- Take Me To The Water: River Baptisms | Mid-19th Century Life
Immersion baptism, understood as demanding total submersion of the body, is required by Baptists, as enunciated in the 1689 Baptist Catechism: "Baptism is rightly administered by immersion, or dipping the whole body of the person in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit", indicating that the whole body must be immersed, not just the head
- 150th Anniversary: Death of Bloody Bill Anderson
Tumbleweed said: Champ's wife must have been one tough lady to make a saucy remark to armed and dangerous men although I have read that for the most part most men would not harm a woman (I've read that if one of William Quantrill's men so much as back talked a woman he killed them )
- History - Lemon Custard Pie, a favorite of Abraham Lincoln | Foods . . .
This story could also be posted in the Abraham Lincoln forum But because I will post the recipe, decided to post in Food Forum In an article dated November 19, 1913, a Mrs Nancy Breedlove was reported as giving a Lincoln party at her home in Owosso, Michigan At this party she was serving
- James Monroe Anderson: Bloody Bills Brother
Tumbleweed, the story that Jim Anderson brought his surviving sisters to Texas is true Marriage and census records provide conclusive proof The story that Jim Anderson married Bloody Bill's widow may be true The 1866 Grayson County marriage license of J M Anderson and Malinda Anderson raises that possibility, but is definitely not proof
- Authentic - Hospital Ginger Bread | Foods Recipes
In the war Gingerbread was considered a major comfort food and was given to soldiers in the hospitals as a way to better their spirits and there were lots of stories about "Hospital Ginger Bread" when the wounded warriors return to action or back home Here is a recipe of 12 year old Josephine
- History - Scripture Cake | Foods Recipes - American Civil War Forums
Scripture Cake has also been called "Bible Cake", "Scriptural Cake", "Old Testament Cake"and "Oar Anchor Scripture Cake" It was very popular in late 19th century, especially in the southern Appalachians It was a means to teach girls baking and Bible verses One of the earliest recipes
- Martin Van Buren Bates, the Kentucky River Giant
I first read about Martin Van Buren Bates in book, "Clowns and Cannons" After the war Mr Bates was part of several circuses and toured, all of U S , Europe and Canada Martin Van Buren Bates was born on Nov 9, 1837 or as Mr Bates claims 1845, in Letcher County, Ky He was born of normal
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