Wives, children, siblings and parents on the Confederate home front worry incessantly about their soldier men, a situation reflected in Southern Baptist newspapers. This week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index repeatedly turns its attention to Confederate soldiers. The following editorial pays homage to those who fought in the recent Battle of Chickamauga, a battlefield victory that…
Two thirty-nine year old Baptist associations in Georgia meet today and reflect upon the condition of the Confederate States of America in the South’s war for the preservation of African slavery. One body is a Primitive Baptist association, and the other is Southern Baptist. Both associations were founded at a time when many Baptists of…
The Union Army, under Major General William Rosecrans, currently occupies Chattanooga, Tennessee following months of fighting their way through the state. Chattanooga, in southeast Tennessee, borders Georgia, separated by the mighty Tennessee River. The southern city is surrounded by mountains. Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s forces, having been forced into the mountains and ever further southward…