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…
A recent letter from a North Carolina Baptist Confederate soldier is published in this week’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder. Writing from Gordonville, Virgina, the soldier (identifying himself only as D. W. C.) reflects upon his early weeks in the state where the Union is on the offensive. His observations include the adoration of Richmond women…
Among Baptists of the South, Primitive Baptists are less likely to speak of the war and the Confederacy in church records and from pulpits. But Primitive Baptist attention to their faith heritage of separation of church and state does not prevent some from serving in the Confederacy. Amos Dickerson is a Primitive Baptist layman and…