The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, fighting heroically less than two weeks ago during the failed assault on Fort Wagner near Charleston, demonstrated the will and determination of African soldiers to engage Confederate forces despite the threat of execution if captured by the rebels. Many, perhaps most, of the soldiers of the 54th were or are…
Spring has arrived in the South, ushering in new worries that there will not be enough food crops this year to feed the citizens of the Confederacy. A Southern Baptist pastor this week offers advice to poor Confederate families who are facing lean times. I am persuaded every church ought to take care of its…
In the wake of the Richmond Bread Riot earlier this month, there is growing concern over food shortages within the Confederacy. A good growing season is imperative. Against this backdrop, an editorial in North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder offers advice to the farmers of North Carolina. These are now the alternatives placed before us. If…