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Map of Virginia 1860s

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 29, 1865

With freedom so rapidly spreading throughout the South to former slaves, new African Baptist congregations are being established seemingly every week. In some cases, new churches come about long after emancipation, the result of factors including an influx of freedmen and/or the simple passing of time sometimes necessary for a new body of believers to…

March 29, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
A Basket-weaving Class at the Penn School

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 2, 1865

Inland from Beauford, Union General William T. Sherman is now in Hampton County, South Carolina, at “Duck Branch Post-Office, Thirty-one miles out from Pocotaligo.” Today’s march was eleven miles, yesterday’s twenty. Some of his troops having marched into South Carolina earlier, Sherman’s forces are now fully engaged in the invasion of the Palmetto State. Meanwhile…

February 2, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Scenes from Savannah 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 12, 1865

Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is presented with a note proposing a meeting of “commissioners” from the North and South to explore possible paths to peace. This initiative results in behind-the-scenes diplomacy in the coming weeks. Also in Washington, D.C. this day, Kentucky Baptist and U.S. Congressman Green Clay Smith delivers a speech in favor…

January 12, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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