In order for God to bestow victory upon His chosen Confederacy, white southerners have a duty to perform, a duty that includes refraining from criticism of the South’s political and military leaders, according to J.D. Hufham, the editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder. An esteemed brother, writing on business from a point which is…
Robert Smalls, an African Baptist from South Carolina who recently obtained his freedom from slavery by seizing the Confederate steamer Planter and making a daring escape through Confederate defenses at Charleston, has since provided valuable information to the United States Navy. Acting on Smalls’ knowledge of Confederate defenses of South Carolina’s coast, the Union Navy…
Not all Confederate Baptist soldiers live exemplary lives in the camps, as noted by one Methodist soldier. “. . . I have been very bad off for a few days, but this morning I feel better. I am yet in the hospital but don’t know how long I will stay here. I have been here…