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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09147 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Henry C. Wayne about a rally of Baptists and Methodists |
| Date | 10 June 1861 |
| Author | Wayne, Henry C. (1815-1883) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | About a Union rally by Baptists and Methodists. "The leaders of these two systems, are either designing demagogues, or ignorant enthusiasts...The President [Jefferson Davis] has proclaimed next Thursday as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, and the sects are getting up a Grant Union demonstration to be held in the State House...I have advised our people not to reply, but simply when do charged to ask for the prayers of the accuser that we may be enlightened as we are earnest seekers after truth..." |
| Subjects | Religion Confederate States of America |
| People | Wayne, Henry C. (Henry Constantine) (1815-1883) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Milledgeville, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |