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Tag Archives: army camp life

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 18, 1863

From North Carolina’s 56th Regiment, a Baptist Confederate soldier writes of his unit’s recent movements and the challenges of reaching his fellow soldiers for Christ. His letter is published in today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder. Dear Bro. Hufham:–Though I am unaccustomed to writing for publication, I will solicit a small space in your columns, believing…

February 18, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 3, 1862

In these early months of 1862, Confederate soldiers and other observers of Confederate army camp life (including chaplains, missionaries and local citizens) routinely write letters for publication in Southern Baptist news publications. There is typically a lag time of one to three weeks (or more) between the writing of the letters and publication in newspapers.…

March 3, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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