Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, solidly under the control of the United States military, is the Union’s southern headquarters for the war and a major military supply depot. Fort Howell, a hospital, barracks, and other structures support a force that at times exceeds 30,000 men. Strategically, the island is staging grounds and supply headquarters for…
Baptists of the Confederacy turn to their state denominational newspapers not only for a Christian interpretation of the war, but also to keep abreast of army movements, the Southern economy, and much more. In today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, editor J. D. Hufham supplies his readers with a summary of “secular” news from Virginia.…
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…