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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.08
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 11 (December 10, 1862)]
Date 10 December 1862
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Army Correspondent on Morris Island, Letter by Governor Pickens of South Carolina, Excerpt from a Speech by New York Governor Horatio Seymour. An essay on Christian duties is printed on the front page. A letter from a soldier describes receiving the Confederate Baptist on the line. A discussion of devotion to church and to state ensues under the title "Indirect Influence." About one-fifth of page 3 is devoted to war and foreign news.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Religion  Journalism  Government and Civics  Christianity  
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