South Carolinian Robert Smalls, a former slave who had worked in Charleston’s shipyards, became a hero to the North in May 1862 when he commandeered the Confederate transport CSS Planter in Charleston Harbor and steered the ship to safety and freedom for himself and his crew of slaves and their families, behind nearby Union naval…
As the war rages ever on, Southern Baptists continue hammering upon several sin themes to explain the South’s inability–yet!–to defeat the evil United States. Among the sins of the Confederacy that prevent God thus far from handing victory to His chosen nation are: extortion (the most common theme), Sabbath breaking, vice in the army camps,…
The public use of alcohol has dropped dramatically in portions of the South, much to the approval of Southern Baptists. Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ recent declaration of martial law in Richmond, coupled with prohibitions against the distillation and selling of alcohol, offers some hope that God’s obvious displeasure toward the new nation, evidenced in recent…