From North Carolina’s 56th Regiment, a Baptist Confederate soldier writes of his unit’s recent movements and the challenges of reaching his fellow soldiers for Christ. His letter is published in today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder. Dear Bro. Hufham:–Though I am unaccustomed to writing for publication, I will solicit a small space in your columns, believing…
Today a North Carolina army missionary, a minister working to distribute Christian literature among North Carolina’s confederate soldiers, from Goldsboro (east of Raleigh) pens a letter reminding home front North Carolinians that the future of the Confederacy lies in the hands of “our young men” in the army. …. Remember my dear friends that nearly…
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation has not only stirred feelings North and South, but also across the Atlantic Ocean. England, having outlawed slavery decades ago, harbors enough interest in the matter that at least one meeting is convened to discuss the proclamation, as is reported in today’s New York Times. Next week, a few…