This is a Christmas day unlike any other. The image of the modern, portly Santa Claus as drawn by Thomas Nast is less than two years old. Baptists do not yet celebrate Christmas in a religious sense, as the holiday is considered popish and paganish. Nor is the day celebrated publicly en masse. For some…
Today the Battle of Nashville, an ill-fated affair for the Confederacy, comes to a close as the Army of the Tennessee, despite being positioned on high ground, is overwhelmed by the onslaught of Union forces. Confederate General John Bell Hood‘s troops, their ranks decimated after two days of intense battle, retreat under the cover of…
In the Confederate capitol in Richmond, today’s session of the House of Delegates of the Virginia Legislature is opened by Rev. Jeremiah B. Jeter, pastor of the city’s Grace Street Baptist Church, and one of the most prominent Southern Baptists of the Confederacy. Both Senate and House discuss the prospects of arming slaves for military…