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Tag Archives: southern patriotism

Samuel Boykin

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 15, 1864

The harsh winter weather prevents any notable military developments this month, providing ample time for vocal Confederate loyalists on the home front to put pen to paper in an effort to encourage a diminished Confederate Army and revive the sagging morale of Confederate citizens. Evidencing unwavering confidence in the Confederacy, Christian Index editor James Boykin…

January 15, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Samuel Boykin

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 12, 1864

Baptist newspapers this week deign to peer into the future. While there is no unanimity as to what the future holds, for Baptist periodicals of the South a gaze forward at least offers the opportunity — if one so wishes — to lay aside the national disasters of 1863. Unlike the gloom and doom pronounced…

January 12, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 26, 1863

In a post-Gettysburg world, some Southern Baptist leaders begin considering the possibility that the South may lose the war. It is an unpleasant and distasteful thought, and such acknowledgments are tentative and limited. An editorial in today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder takes a peek at what a Confederate loss may mean. As Southern Baptists…

August 26, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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