This month many Baptist churches and associational assemblies throughout the South hold special prayer meetings for the Confederacy. Dark are the clouds descending over the nation, hiding the face of God from his people. In Tennessee near Knoxville, the Gallaher Baptist Church prays and fasts, calling on God to bring peace to the land. In…
This week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index extensively covers the war. A tribute to the late great Stonewall Jackson offers a longing glance backward at the biggest Christian superstar the war has produced within the Confederacy. “Thank God for such a hero!” are the opening words of a sonnet to Jackson. His “divine courage” and “patriot…
Today the armies consolidated under Confederate General John Bell Hood are gathering in Dallas, Georgia, in preparation of receiving new orders. Despite the Rebels best efforts following the fall of Atlanta, the city is still firmly under Union control and Federal supply lines to Tennessee remain operational. Meanwhile, in one of the odder battles of…