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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.27
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 34 (June 17, 1863)]
Date 17 June 1863
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Letter by Chaplain with the 14th South Carolina Volunteers, Letter by Chaplain with the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. A letter to the editor discusses apparent discrepancies in the scriptures. Pastors are encouraged to leave their churches and go preach in the battlefield to soldiers. An article about religious controversy questions the method of discussing religious topics. Articles examine skepticism, declension, prayer, and baptism.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Religion  
People Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)  
Place written Columbia, South Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Religion
Sub-collection American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Additional Information The purpose of this journal, according to its first issue, is the advancement of the Baptist denomination in both intelligence and piety, while giving support to the Confederacy. Thousands of copies were distributed to soldiers.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945