Early 1864 saw the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph Johnston in winter quarters preparing to sashay around the state’s mountain passes when the spring campaign opened and the marching feet of tens of thousands under the command of Gen. William T. Sherman would sweep into Georgia. Outnumbered, poorly equipped, discouraged, and yet resisting…
Today is the second day of the Georgia Baptist Convention in session at the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta. Yesterday’s opening agenda included morning worship and initial discussions, reports and resolutions concerning the support of Confederate soldiers and the orphans of deceased soldiers. The focus on soldiers and soldiers’ families is indicative of the mood…
Religion, long woven into the fabric of the South prior to the war, was used an ideological weapon against the abolitionist North decades before the war began. More to the point, white religion is that which has served to uphold the moral and biblical righteousness of white supremacy and African slavery while creating a Christian…