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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.35
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 46 (September 16, 1863)]
Date 16 September 1863
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Soldiers Letters Published from McGowan's Brigade and the 5th South Carolina Cavalry. This issue contains several letters to the editor describing mournful wartime conditions on the front. One from Isle Hope bemoans their loss of a minister and asks for assistance in securing a new chaplain. Reports from various denominations are included. An article describes a hospital scene.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Hospital  Health and Medical  Injury or Wound  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; Health & Medicine
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