Despite revivals in Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate soldiers camped at Marietta, Georgia seldom hear the Gospel proclaimed. A recent letter from Georgia Baptist army missionary James A. Toole appears in this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index. From Marietta, Toole speaks of his work and mentions the lack of preaching…
Today the South Carolina Baptist State Convention convenes at Darlington. Within the state which precipitated the war, the Southern Baptists (only white males attend the convention) present are fully supportive of the Confederacy. Today’s primary concern is the evangelization of the men who are fighting in the Confederate Army, in addition to meeting the needs…
Readers of this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index learn of the latest news from Confederate army missionary Jesse H. Campbell, who is serving along the Georgia coast, an area increasingly threatened by the nearby presence of Union army troops and Union naval ships. Savannah, Feb. 17, 1863 Dear Bro. Boykin:–As some of your readers may…