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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 5, 1862

Southern Baptists’ Foreign Mission Board, located in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, has been decimated by the war and forced to pull back from its foreign operations. Communication with missionaries on foreign fields is severed, while the ability of the Board to pay missionaries’ salaries has been compromised by both the lack of contact…

December 5, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: July 25, 1862

A Confederate solider, William Francis Brand of Virginia, today pens a letter to his sweetheart (Kate) in which he expresses happiness that his regiment (5th Virginia) has finally obtained a chaplain: Our Regt. has a Chaplain at last he is a Baptist thare was prayer meeting last night & night before. I hope & pray…

July 25, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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