Baptists of the South struggle with the issue of chaplains. Typically opposed to government pay for religious chaplains–due to their historic commitment to church state separation–Southern Baptists are exploring other ways to evangelize Confederate soldiers. North Carolina Baptists have in recent months turned to the systematic distribution of large numbers of their state newspaper, the…
The Battle of Perryville is over and Kentucky is solidly in Union hands. The Confederates have withdrawn from northern Kentucky and the healthy Confederate prisoners left behind in Perryville have been paroled by the United States Army. Now, to the victor falls the task of dealing with sick and wounded soldiers from both sides. The…
Meeting in the weeks following U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s announcement of a forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation that will free African slaves from the ten southern states yet in rebellion against the United States, Vermont Baptists offer a hearty endorsement of Lincoln’s actions: “Resolved, that the proclamation recently put forth by our Chief Magistrate, looking to the…