The editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder, J. D. Hufham, this week offers a few remarks about the spiritual challenges of army camp life and then refers to a news item concerning religion among Confederate soldiers. We are pleased to learn, from various quarters, that a deep religious feeling prevails among many of our…
Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky recently approached Louisville and Cincinnati before running out of steam. An effective offensive against Louisville never crystallized, as Union forces maintain control of the city. In regards to Cincinnati, the heroic efforts of Cincinnati’s Black Brigade, a 700+ strong force of free African Americans recruited to help fortify…
While the world now knows of U.S. President Abraham’s Lincoln plans to emancipate African slaves in the South as of January 1, Baptist newspapers of the South continue publishing commentaries praising African slavery as God’s will and the hope of the Christian world. Today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder prints just such a commentary, a piece…