The war depletes many Southern Baptist churches of their menfolk. Church officers are not exempt from the male exodus, as exemplified by Jacob Eliot of Corsicana, Texas. Born in New York in 1803 and raised in Kentucky, at the age of 46 Eliot moved to Navarro County, Texas, with his wife, children, and grandchildren. Purchasing…
In the South, Confederate notes (paper money) increasingly succumb to inflationary pressures. As the war stretches out, the printing volume of notes grows, while citizens become more uncertain as to whether they will ever be able to redeem the notes (which are to be redeemed following Confederate victory over the United States). Currently, Confederate notes…
As the year draws to the a close, the Confederate economy is on unsteady ground. Prior to the war, the combined economies of the southern states that now comprise the Confederacy would have ranked the South as the fourth richest nation in the world. The South’s monetary landscape today, however, is in the early stages…