The Middle District Baptist Association of Virginia convenes and delegates position themselves squarely on the side of the Confederacy. Speaking Christian nationalist language, the association declares, “if a people drew the sword in behalf of a just cause, we are that people.” Many other Southern Baptist associations have already, or will soon, openly align themselves…
Today, famous Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured by Federal authorities and imprisoned in the Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC. Just eighteen years old, Boyd had captivated Federal officers with her charm while supplying important military intelligence to General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and his forces in the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson had penned a personal…
Many institutions of Southern Baptists, battered by the drain of human and capital resources due to the war, have been forced to shutter their doors. No where is this more evident than in South Carolina. Baptists of the Palmetto State, ardent supporters of waging war to preserve African slavery, remain committed to the Confederacy. Yet…