Recent battlefield reversals and Union advancements in Tennessee and along the Confederate coast are ample fodder for sober assessments of the Southern war effort. Enthusiasm for the war effort is dampened in the minds of some, but many others are more determined than ever to defeat the invaders. White Southern Baptist elites take it upon…
The influence of Southern women upon Confederate soldiers bears upon the minds of Southern Baptists. Alcohol, identified as one of the greatest evils in camp life — and considered a catalyst for other evils — must be curtailed. Home front Southern Baptist ministers and denominational leaders look to women to save men from evil spirits.…
Recent military reversals worry Southern Baptists as much as their fellow countrymen. A commentary in the Baptist press this week offers much-needed assurance and vows defiance. In times of war, victory and defeat follow each other, and rejoicing and sorrow are mingled like light and shade in a picture. A few days since, the Southern…