One of the most important offenses of the autumn season is unfolding off the coast of South Carolina near the Georgia state line. A United States Navy fleet and Army expeditionary force has been stationed off the mouth of Port Royal Sound for the past two days. Until today, bad weather has prevented the Union…
Some Baptist associations hold their annual meetings in November, as does the Barnwell Baptist Association of South Carolina. In the state where the Confederacy was birthed, Christian nationalism is common among these Baptists living along the South Carolina coast. Meeting on Saturday, Barnwell Baptists, seemingly due to the readiness of some men to march off…
Today is Sunday, the Christian Sabbath. As is often the case these on Sunday mornings during these troubling times, the subject of war – whether directly or indirectly, in large part or in passing – is mentioned from many Baptist pulpits, South and North. What does a typical Baptist church look like in the Confederate…