Chaplain to the Confederacy: Basil Manly and Baptist Life in the Old South

by A. James Fuller

As Jefferson Davis paraded through the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, to take the oath of office as the first president of the Confederate States of America, two men accompanied him in his open coach: Alexander Stephens -- the vice-president-elect -- and Basil Manly. A noted southern Baptist preacher, educator, and the most ardent secessionist of them all, Manly had been selected to serve as chaplain to the provisional Confederate Congress and opened...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807125768
• ISBN13: 9780807125762
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"