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Baptists and the American Civil War: July 16, 1865

This month Thomas Henderson Pritchard (1832-1896), a Confederate chaplain during the war and more recently the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh, North Carolina, is called as pastor of First Baptist Petersburg, Virginia A native of North Carolina and graduate of Baptists’ Wake Forest College, a young Pritchard switched from his law studies…

July 16, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 15, 1865

Many churches of the South that found themselves in the war’s path shut their doors for the duration of the great conflict. Some churches closed to never reopen after the war, but others are re-assembling and trying to return to normal. Among the later is Maloney’s Spring Baptist Church of Syrmna, Georgia. The Maloney’s Spring…

July 15, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 8, 1865

Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the Union noose tightening around his forces west of Richmond, is desperately searching for a way forward for the remnants of his once mighty Army of Northern Virginia. Supplies are critical if the Confederate army is to live to fight another day. Ammunition, medical supplies and food: all are needed,…

April 8, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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