Early 1864 saw the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph Johnston in winter quarters preparing to sashay around the state’s mountain passes when the spring campaign opened and the marching feet of tens of thousands under the command of Gen. William T. Sherman would sweep into Georgia. Outnumbered, poorly equipped, discouraged, and yet resisting…
“Young Brother Singleton,” identified as a theology student at Mercer University, today gives “an interesting discourse” to the congregation at Bethesda Baptist Church in Greene County, Georgia. He is sponsored, one would surmise, by Pastor Henry Holcomb Tucker, who doubles as university professor of metaphysics and belles-lettres. Besides a letter granted to member Sarah Jones,…
Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, Confederate army chaplain appointed by Georgia Baptists, today offers his commentary on the loyalty of African slaves and the evilness of Northern efforts to force freedom upon slaves. When the history of this inhuman and murderous war comes to be written, it will be recorded as a remarkable fact that for…