Confederate Baptists in the army and on the home front continue bewailing the inherently evil nature of the army of God’s chosen nation. Such is the debauchery of camp life that some argue there is no room for Christianity. “The Camp, No Place to Become a Christian.” — Thus spoke a sick soldier, as we…
Home front readers of the current Tennessee Baptist are provided with a humorous account of Confederate camp life, a story poking fun at what is otherwise a dreaded event: cholera. The following account is penned by an unnamed soldier: A correspondent writing from the regimental rendezvous, in Dallas county, Texas, gives the following spicy account…
Today may be much like many another day in camp as soldiers mill around, settle into place, or follow orders from an officer. Some come, some go, some cook, some wash, some write letters. Some, like 23-year-old William Ira Ariail of Georgia, die without fanfare and without a grasp of what the war they had…