As Union battlefield victories and strategic advances grow, unrest in the Confederate capital is also on the rise. Writing from Richmond, Baptist Abby Gwathney conveys to the her parents the unease which pervades the city and state, the former now under martial law. She notes (excerpted): We are expecting a battle daily on the Peninsula.…
Prayer and God will save the honor of the South. Many Southern Baptists thus wish to believe. A pseudo-anonymous letter published in today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder reiterates this certainty of thought. Mr. Lincoln very complacently strokes his royal beard and puffs his Havana with a peculiar grace, for he says, with an air of…
The state of Tennessee is in turmoil, her citizens’ loyalties divided. Tennessee soldiers fight in both southern and northern armies, while the South struggles to retain control of the state. The divided loyalties of soldiers in both Tennessee and neighboring Kentucky lead to much internal conflict that pits southern soldiers against one another, with civilians…