Baptists and the American Civil War: November 10, 1862

A “large and influential meeting” of Richmond, Virginia citizens takes place today. From the Richmond Dispatch: Shoes for the Soldiers. – A large and influential meeting of citizens was held yesterday [November 10], in pursuance of the call made in the daily papers, the object being to raise money to purchase shoes for such of…

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 15, 1862

Today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder reprints an article from the Richmond Dispatch that speaks to the spiritual needs of Confederate soldiers. Our soldiers are, for the most part, reading men. From childhood they have been accustomed to read papers, magazines, and books. Far from home, on the tented field, with so many leisure hours in…

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