The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is wrapping up their annual convention. The subject of war has arisen a number of times, including a lengthy discussion of the need to put religious periodicals–particularly the state Baptist paper, the Biblical Recorder–into the hands of Confederate soldiers. Seemingly the most spirited debate related to the war…
The editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder, J. D. Hufham, this week offers a few remarks about the spiritual challenges of army camp life and then refers to a news item concerning religion among Confederate soldiers. We are pleased to learn, from various quarters, that a deep religious feeling prevails among many of our…
On the eve of the war, the South had more millionaires than did the North, all of whom (in the South) were large slave owners. Reflecting this reality, in 1860 the twelve wealthiest counties in the United States were all in the South. Southern elites — large to mid-size slave owners and their families —…