Mississippi Baptist minister Mark P. Lowrey organizes the 32nd Mississippi regiment in north Mississippi and is elected Colonel of the regiment. This represents his second, and an unanticipated, stint of Confederate service. An excerpt from Lowrey’s autobiography speaks of his joining the army for the second time, as well as the days following: I had…
The public use of alcohol has dropped dramatically in portions of the South, much to the approval of Southern Baptists. Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ recent declaration of martial law in Richmond, coupled with prohibitions against the distillation and selling of alcohol, offers some hope that God’s obvious displeasure toward the new nation, evidenced in recent…
The Confederate capital of Richmond lies a mere 100 miles south of the United States capital of Washington, D.C. The distance is a bit deceptive, as Richmond is protected to the North and East by major rivers, swamps and marshes. Yet as the war drags on and the Union Army accumulates more victories and swells…