Baptists of the South routinely criticize the evilness of Confederate Army camp life. Gambling, alcohol, sabbath-breaking and other vices increasingly come under withering condemnation. This week, the Southern Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, is scrutinized in the Baptist press. The date of this first-hand account of…
In these early months of 1862, Confederate soldiers and other observers of Confederate army camp life (including chaplains, missionaries and local citizens) routinely write letters for publication in Southern Baptist news publications. There is typically a lag time of one to three weeks (or more) between the writing of the letters and publication in newspapers.…
The Confederate capital of Richmond lies a mere 100 miles south of the United States capital of Washington, D.C. The distance is a bit deceptive, as Richmond is protected to the North and East by major rivers, swamps and marshes. Yet as the war drags on and the Union Army accumulates more victories and swells…