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Although both antagonists believed they were in God's favor a woman in
Lewisburg, Virginia, as did others, suggested the termination of public
vices would insure victory for the Confederacy: "If our people would
only turn away from their sins such as drunkenness, Sabbath breaking,
gambling, extortion, etc. I would have more hopes for a speedy
termination of our difficulties." March 18, 1862. Papers of the Wallace Family, #2689
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Nancy Emerson of Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, expresses
confidence of victory because Confederate leaders are Christians,
January 1, 1863: "Our President [Jefferson Davis] is a plain, simple,
consistent Christian, and appears a member of the Episcopal church . . .
We have cause for gratitude more than we can express, that we have civil
& military leaders who acknowledge God." Emerson Papers, #9381 |  Page 2
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Jackson, Henry W. R., The Southern Women of the Second American
Revolution, Their Trials, &c., Yankee Barbarity Illustrated, Our Naval
Victories and Exploits of Confederate War Steamers, Capture of Yankee
Gunboats, &c., Atlanta, Georgia: Intelligencer Steam-Power Press, 1863.
This propaganda potpourri of Yankee atrocities, accounts of Confederate
heroines, and miscellaneous military activities, includes a resolution
passed at a female prayer meeting in Carrolton, Alabama: "Let every
woman's heart be united in prayer. . . . Let each wife, mother and
sister . . . beseech the Lord to save us from our cruel enemies . . . We
consider prayer the most powerful of all weapons."
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In this 1864 letter from Mary Davis to her son, she discusses the role
religion plays in her other son's life. "Jemmy is very reserved on the
subject of his religious feelings - and has only alluded to them since
the passage I quoted, in acknowledging God's protection in the midst of
danger - but cousin (?) (who is but just recovered from a long attack
of cough) heard that he as well as her Jemmy has connected himself with
the church." Papers of Eugene Davis, #2483 | 
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