The Milledgeville (GA) Southern Recorder newspaper voices the thoughts of many white Baptists in the state: [The capture of Fort Sumter] is indeed a good beginning on our side, and imparts great moral strength to our cause … The South is acting strictly on the defensive, and in no instance has been the aggressor; but…
While secession and the coming Civil War focus on the future of blacks in America, Native Americans are also impacted by the looming conflict. Today, all Union troops are ordered to leave Indian territories in Confederate control. The Community & Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks (link) web site sums up…
At this time, Baptists in the North and South are heavily invested in mission work among Native Americans. Growing sectional hostility, however, threatens to undermine Native American missionaries and mission activities. By the end of the war, southern Baptist work among Natives will largely cease to exist. The Choctaw Nation today issues a resolution expressing…