Even as the clouds over the Confederacy grow ever darker–or perhaps because the future of the South looks so bleak–the veneration of the deceased Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as a Southern saint is well underway. Having died less than a year ago, Jackson’s image is the subject of much debate among those who vie…
As the year 1862 draws to a close, A. E. Dickinson, army missionary and colporteur from Virginia, is singing the praises of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The general is much appreciated by Southern Baptists for his personal piety and his support of Baptist army mission efforts, both of which seem to be rubbing off…
The momentum now seems to be on the Confederacy’s side, but Union armies remain in northern Virginia.Today, the two sides clash in a major battle on familiar ground that becomes known as the Second Battle of Bull Run (and the Second Battle of Manassas). As had been the case in the First Battle of Bull…