Not all Southern Baptist churches are happy with the state of affairs in the Confederacy. A growing propensity for Confederate army units to drill on the Sabbath is particularly offensive to many Baptists of the South, who seemingly have forgotten that only a few years earlier Baptists in America at large, champions of church state…
Today Kentucky’s Campbell County Association of Baptists gather at the Baptist Church at Licking. The association meeting lasts for three days. Much of the talk is about missionary work, and in particular, home missions. The associational missionary reports one baptism for the past twelve months, compared to eighteen the prior year. In assessing the downtown,…
Noah Van Reeve is a Confederate soldier serving in the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company E. Like many soldiers, he left his family to serve in the army. Today, Reeve sits down and writes a letter to his wife, Frances, telling her about his condition, instructing her in regards to his slaves, and asking God’s…