With increasing frequency and fervency, Southern Baptists are struggling to reconcile rapidly-declining Confederate fortunes with their faith in the God of the Confederacy. Obviously, God is punishing the white race of the South. For much of the war, many cries of repentance and promises of changed behavior have been voiced. Some have even dared to…
Among Southern Baptists, the lament over the lack of Baptist chaplains in the Confederate Army continues unabated. Today the Virginia Baptist Religious Herald chimes in. Attention has been called, several times of late, to the fact that a smaller proportion of the chaplains now in service belong to the Baptist than to other denominations. It…
Memphis has now been under Union control for over a year, the city serving as a strategic point on the Mississippi for the United States Army. From the beginning of the war Tennessee was a divided state, and the occupation of Memphis is welcomed by many residents of Union sentiment. This week the one remaining…