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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.04
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 6 (November 4, 1862)]
Date 4 November 1862
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Jefferson Davis Speech Compared to the "chequered grammar and laborious obscurity" of Lincoln's Speeches, Battle of Manassas Incident, Design of New Confederate Flag. A report of missionary work among soldiers is printed. An article examines the results of the 1860 census in terms of wealth and numbers for the Confederacy. The words of Governor Vance of North Carolina are reprinted here with special attention to caring for soldiers. A short editorial decries Lincoln's [preliminary] Emancipation Proclamation. About one-fifth of page 3 is devoted to war news, including reports that Union forces have taken Galveston, Texas, President Davis's promotions of General J. Johnston and others, and raids by John Hunt Morgan and his men.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Religion  President  Presidential Speeches and Proclamations  Government and Civics  Union Forces  Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)  Battle  Census  Emancipation Proclamation  Emancipation  African American History  Slavery  Texas  Guerrilla Warfare  Confederate General or Leader  
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; The Presidency; Government & Politics
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