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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 4, 1863

This year’s biennial meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention is scheduled to take place in May in Columbus, Mississippi. That state, however, is now under imminent threat from the southward push of the Union Navy and federal soldiers. At the same time, there is some talk of canceling the meeting altogether. Holding the meeting “seems…

March 4, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Samuel Boykin

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 3, 1863

In this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index, editor Samuel Boykin discusses at length “The Ministry and the War,” in reaction to secular criticism of Christian pastors in the Confederacy. Some very startling and dangerous sentiments upon this subject have been published recently. Infidelity is becoming bolder as our prospects of success grow brighter. When the…

March 3, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 22, 1863

Readers of this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index learn of the latest news from Confederate army missionary Jesse H. Campbell, who is serving along the Georgia coast, an area increasingly threatened by the nearby presence of Union army troops and Union naval ships. Savannah, Feb. 17, 1863 Dear Bro. Boykin:–As some of your readers may…

February 22, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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