With the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery having passed the United States Senate and awaiting approval of the House, the attention of the North is increasingly focused on bringing the war to a conclusion so that freedom might be extended to blacks yet enslaved. The state of Massachusetts, and Boston in particular, has for decades been…
In tandem with the growing length of the war is the expanding presence of ministers among the soldiers. Ministry within the armies takes place in a number of ways, with chaplaincy as the most traditional of military ministry roles. Whether occupied by active soldiers, former soldiers, or men who have not borne arms in the…
The Central Baptist Association of middle Georgia, convening yesterday, rejoiced in the “conversions of thousands in our armies.” Many other Southern Baptists this month also express thankfulness for the conversions resulting from army revivals. Nonetheless, one Southern Baptist first-hand observer of Confederate army life, writing from Lake City, Florida, throws cold water on the talk…