The war routinely causes confusion in Baptist congregations located in areas of the South where battles take place or where the United States army is otherwise present. Services are frequently disrupted, sometimes for months or years on end, as the war rages on. Today is a day of discord for the New Garden Baptist Church,…
At a time when the Confederacy’s fortunes seem to be on the upswing, this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder publishes a commentary on “Providence and this War.” You launch a loose plank on the swollen river, and from the bank watch patiently its course, as it drifts along–but you cannot guide it. It is…
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…