Many white southerners, Baptist and otherwise, view the Civil War as the means of preserving the freedom of the white race, which they equate with God’s will for the world. The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Virginia) reports: Yesterday witnessed a nation at prayers. It was a day ever to be remembered. From one end of these…
Southern Baptists of Georgia are buttressed in their support of the Confederacy by a recent article written by Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptist’s Christian Index. Laying claim to the goodness of the war, Boykin declares the “object” of the war is “good – to save the soul and bless the world.” Likewise, the “end”…
Prior to today, deaths have been few in the nearly two month Civil War yet void of significant battles. Among soldiery and the general public of both sides, the war is broadly viewed as a chivalrous endeavor that will soon be over. Prospects of massive death and destruction are not anticipated by many Americans. A…