Baptist layman Thomas C. Cheney is a soldier in the First New Hampshire Voluntary Light Battery and a member of the First Free Baptist Church of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1861 a 28-year old Cheney enlisted as a private in the Battery. He fights in most of the major battles during the war years, including…
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…
Runaway inflation, coupled with the lack of hard cash, has made life extremely hard for most common folk in the Confederacy. Food stuffs and other staples of life, items that are now cost-prohibitive for many home front citizens, are so expensive as to often be out of reach in terms of acquiring an adequate supply…