To the consternation of town citizens, the Confederate War Department seizes “all the Superfine and Extra Family Flour” in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, paying millers and merchants only 2/3rds of the market price. Not surprisingly, the confiscation of flour upsets many residents. In the years of the war to come, however, the heavy hand of…
Today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder carries a story about an anonymous Southern preacher who is asked why he does not offer prayers for Confederate sailors. First published in an Anglican newspaper, the story resonates with Baptists enough to make the rounds in Baptist periodicals. Last Sunday as I came out of the pulpit, a…
The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Georgia’s port city of Savannah reports on his church’s activities in a letter published in today’s edition of the local newspaper, the Savannah Republican. Mr. Editor: A communication in your paper signed “A Soldier,” implies a want of information. “One of the Clergy,” in the paper of…