A United States prohibition on commerce with the Confederacy has resulted in a shortage of Bibles in the South, as the American Bible Society is no longer allowed to sell or distribute Bibles southward. Exasperating this situation, the capture of the city of Nashville in February has shut down printing presses that were publishing pocket-sized…
News of the Union occupation of Nashville is filtering throughout the South, accompanied by no little alarm. Days will pass before the Baptist press is able to comment on this unfortunate turn of events for the Confederacy. At the moment, however, a currently circulating editorial by Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, offers…
Jefferson Davis is again inaugurated as the president of the Confederacy. This inauguration, held in the Confederate capital of Richmond, is the first in the fully-formed Confederate States of America. Upon his inauguration, Davis is installed as president for six years. In the ceremony, the Confederate president uses a Bible given to him by a…