Mary Beckley Bristow

Baptists and the American Civil War: December 7, 1864

En route to Nashville, the Confederate Army of the Tennessee engages Union troops at Murfreesboro, losing yet again. The 200 Confederate casualties are minor, yet the Confederacy can ill-afford any soldier losses at this point. Undaunted, General John Bell Hood is determined to continue forward and seize Union-controlled Nashville. Today’s South Carolina Confederate Baptist newspaper…