Today is a day of thanksgiving in much, but not all, of the United States.There is no national holiday at this time in history. Instead, states and towns decide when to observe a day of thanksgiving, and many choose today. In addition, today in some southern states a day of thanksgiving is observed, including Virginia,…
While North Carolina home front Baptists worry about the spiritually-dead Confederate army, some of the state’s Baptist soldiers write public letters voicing appreciation of the support of home front Baptists. Nonetheless, religion is often not a subject voiced within such letters, even when addressed to religious periodicals. Such is the case of a letter on…
For a country whose Christian citizens are largely convinced is God’s chosen nation, the Confederacy is a study in contrasts. Baptists, like many other Christians in the southern nation, move fluidly from Christian nationalist rhetoric to lamentations concerning the un-Christian nature of soldiers serving in the Confederate army. So heathen are army ranks that Baptists…