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Collection Reference Number GLC05959.39.57
From Archive Folder Editions of the Confederate Baptist 
Title Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 40 (July 13, 1864)]
Date 13 July 1864
Author Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence) (1814-1877)  
Additional authors Breaker, Jacob Manly Cantey (1824-1894)
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Reports of the Battle Between the CSS Alabama & USS Kearsage and the Sinking of the Former, Reports of Bravery of the Crew, Yankees fired 5 Times after Colors were Struck. Several letters to the editor mark conversions and religious undertakings for soldiers. An editorial proclaims Jesus Christ as the great Reformer. Several articles discuss death and dying as a mean of coming to know God. An article examines the revolutionary heroine Molly Stark, compared to brave Civil War women.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate States of America  Women's History  Battle  Ironclad  Navy  Union Forces  Bravery  Surrender  Religion  Christianity  Revolutionary War  
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; Naval & Maritime
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