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Baptists and the American Civil War: May 18, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 18, 1862

Beaufort, South Carolina has now been under the control of occupying Union forces for six months. Union soldiers hold regular worship services in the local Baptist meeting house, where Rev. Brown, chaplain of the 76th New York (nicknamed the “Highlanders”) often preaches. The 100th Pennsylvania is also part of the occupying force, and today–Sunday–a soldier from that regiment describes the day’s happenings. Weather clear and cloudy alternately intensely hot when clear. … Read entire article »

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Baptists and the American Civil War: May 17, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 17, 1862

This month, Southern Baptist’s lone seminary closes its doors in response to war-time pressures. Commencement is canceled at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina, as many students have already joined the Confederate Army. Seminary faculty in the weeks and months ahead engage the Southern war effort in various ways. President James P. Boyce (1827-1888) has been serving as a chaplain in the Confederate Army for a number of … Read entire article »

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 16, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 16, 1862

By proclamation of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, many Baptists and other Christians today (a Friday) gather in their houses of worship to offer special prayer for the Confederacy, a nation now reeling from Union advances in Virginia and the deep South. Davis’s proclamation is as follows: To the People of the Confederate States of America: an enemy, waging war in a manner violative of the usage of civilized nations, has invaded our … Read entire article »

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 15, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 15, 1862

A recent letter from a North Carolina Baptist Confederate soldier is published in this week’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder. Writing from Gordonville, Virgina, the soldier (identifying himself only as D. W. C.) reflects upon his early weeks in the state where the Union is on the offensive. His observations include the adoration of Richmond women and the growing evidence of religion in the camps. Bro. Hufham:–As we have left Kinston, N.C., … Read entire article »

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 14, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 14, 1862

White Baptist commitment to the Confederacy is similar to that of the South’s other Christian denominations: many if not most embrace (in some fashion or another) the Confederacy as God’s Kingdom on earth, while few publicly disagree with the belief that African slavery is God’s will for the black race. Calvinism, a long-held Christian belief system positing God’s complete sovereignty over history and humankind, is the theology that buttresses the … Read entire article »

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 13, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 13, 1862

The Chowan Baptist Association of North Carolina assembles today for the organization’s annual meeting. Among business items, the report on the North Carolina Baptist State Convention is front and center, revealing insight into how Southern Baptists have reoriented their mission efforts in light of the Civil War. This Institution is designed to give strength and efficiency to our efforts in promoting the great objects of christian benevolence, connected with the advancement … Read entire article »

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