Today’s edition of the New York Times publishes a letter (originally published in the Richmond Whig) from a Confederate chaplain that discusses the religious landscape within the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The chaplain is not a Baptist, but offers observations of Baptist chaplains. The following is a copy of a letter from Rev. D.…
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…
In the wake of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, and from the context of a firm commitment to God’s willing of the enslavement of the African race, Baptists in the Confederacy continue searching for some other acceptable reason for God not yet leading His chosen nation to victory over the evil United…