The fortunes of the Confederate States are temporarily reversed, but J. D. Hufham assures his readers that God will crown the South with victory if white southerners will but be faithful to him and utilize the weapons he has placed in their hands: The condition of the South has never been more startling than it…
The war time years temporarily alter the trajectory of the Baptist press. The Baptist press of the South, represented by state and regional newspapers, routinely report on war-related news from other states within the Confederacy. Prior to and after the war, this seeming fascination with tidbits of secular news from the Confederacy is unmatched. A…
The Baptist press of the Confederacy is aflutter at the possibility of England declaring war on the United States, a prospect brought about by a blundering U.S. naval action. Known as the Trent Affair, named after the British ship on which the action transpired, the incident centers on the United States’ arrest of Confederate commissioners,…