These days, the capital of the Confederacy is abuzz with citizen efforts designed to support Confederate soldiers. As soldiers march in and out of the city of Richmond, women sew clothes for their nation’s defenders and various groups hold fund-raisers to help in the equipping and feeding of regiments. The Baptists of Richmond faithfully do…
Today a Captain within the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry resigns. A wealthy lawyer, author and Baptist layman, John Wheeler Moore (1833-1906) resigns his position in order to accept a promotion as a major of a new artillery battalion, the 3rd Battalion NCLA near Raleigh, of which he is given command by Governor Vance on February 24.…
Even as Baptists on the southern home front complain about the evils of army camp life, they eagerly look for evidence that the distribution of religious literature among soldiers is pushing back the spiritual darkness so rampant. One report from a Confederate colporter is making the rounds: A colporter, laboring among the Confederate forces in…