From Harrell’s Store in Hanover County, North Carolina, a writer identified only as “Stella” makes a home front appeal to the women of the Confederacy in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder. I read an article today in the Richmond Whig, on the condition of our army, which stirred my soul to its very…
Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, a Southern Baptist layman, has evidenced an independent streak since the beginning of the war. Brown governs over a state whose citizens, most of whom are not slave owners, barely supported secession in early 1861. In this second year of war, Brown has demonstrated that he will protect the interests…
Writing from Savannah, an anonymous correspondent to the Baptist press discusses Georgia Governor Joseph Brown. Having recently “formed the acquaintaince” of the governor, the letter-writer observes: The very active part he has taken in the present struggle has made him prominent among the public men of the Confederacy; yet I don’t think his appearance is…