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Tag Archives: april 1863

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 29, 1863

While women in the North have for decades been active in the abolitionist movement and generally have some voice in social reforms, white Southern women live in a male-dominated society where proper gender roles are reinforced by a literal reading of the Bible. Although the war-time absence of many Southern men from home and church…

April 29, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 28, 1863

Spring has arrived in the South, ushering in new worries that there will not be enough food crops this year to feed the citizens of the Confederacy. A Southern Baptist pastor this week offers advice to poor Confederate families who are facing lean times. I am persuaded every church ought to take care of its…

April 28, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
New York City of the Civil War era

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 26, 1863

This week Rev. I. S. Kalloch of New York City’s Laight-Street Baptist Church preaches a patriotic sermon. Rallying his congregation to the abolitionist cause, he condemns the slaveholding South, as summarized by a correspondent of the New York Times. At the Laight-street Baptist Church. Rev. I.S. KALLOCH introduced the devotional exercises of the congregation by…

April 26, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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