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Tag Archives: battle of the wilderness

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 30, 1865

At the “Old Temperance Hall” on South Main Street in Pinckneyville, Illinois, a new Baptist church is formed this day. Nine persons, four men and five women, are the founding members of the First Baptist Church of Pinckneyville. Like many churches formed immediately after the war, progress is slow. The congregation meets in the Temperance…

July 30, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 7, 1864

The Battle of the Wilderness ends inconclusively when Union General Ulysses S. Grant, facing a well-entrenched Confederate foe, withdraws from the field and turns toward Spotsylvania Courthouse in an effort to reposition his troops between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond, the Confederate capital. The three day battle has left…

May 7, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: May 6, 1864

In Virginia, the fighting resumes on the second day of the Battle of the Wilderness. Casualties again number in the thousands during a long day of bloody but inconclusive clashes. During the fighting, both sides fail to take advantage of opportunities that might have shifted the battle’s momentum. By nightfall, both Union and Confederate forces…

May 6, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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