In the wake of the Richmond Bread Riot earlier this month, there is growing concern over food shortages within the Confederacy. A good growing season is imperative. Against this backdrop, an editorial in North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder offers advice to the farmers of North Carolina. These are now the alternatives placed before us. If…
It is Sunday, a day of worship for some Baptist congregations in the Confederacy. While the intrusion of war or the infrequency of worship (many rural churches gather only once a month) prevent many congregations from assembling, morning services at the First Baptist Church of Atlanta proceed smoothly, as a member of the congregation notes…
Against the backdrop of mounting hardships in the Confederacy, unrest grows even in the nation’s capital of Richmond. Many of the city’s white women, struggling to provide for their families as their husbands and sons march and fight in distant places or are otherwise employed in the war effort, have reached a breaking point. Today…