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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.34
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 42 (August 19, 1863)]
Date 19 August 1863
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Davis Orders Execution in Retaliation. An editorial discusses the recent request by Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. A long obituary for Colonel Oliver Evans Edwards gives a lengthy biography as a lawyer, legislative member, and heroism in war. An article reports a spiritual jubilee in Orangeburg and the dedication of a new Baptist church there. An article teaches the ways of God and his economy of grace, in particular application to the war.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Religion  Confederate General or Leader  Death  Building Construction  Death Penalty  Military Law  
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