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Baptists and the American Civil War: February 3, 1865

Aboard the River Queen at Union-controlled Hampton Roads, Virginia, leaders of the United States and Confederate States meet to discuss the possibility of peace. Present areĀ U.S. president Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward for the Union, and for the Confederates, vice president Alexander H. Stephens, Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell,…

February 3, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 27, 1862

Georgia Baptists’ Flint River Baptist Association meets today at Liberty Hall Church in Henry County. Delegates listen to a sermon from 2 Corinthians 4:4 on “The Glorious Gospel of Christ,” after which they get down to business. Following the appointment of committees, the first motion raised is offered by army missionary “Brother Van Hoose” who…

September 27, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 21, 1861

Alexander H. Stephens is now serving as vice-president of the Confederate States of America. Many Baptist leadersĀ  in the South publicly support Stephens, including editors of Baptist newspapers. Today, Stephens gives an impromptu speech in Savannah, Georgia in which he echoes what many Baptists have been saying for months: that slavery is the cause of…

March 21, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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