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Baptists and the American Civil War: February 22, 1865

For eleven days, Union troops, operating out of nearby Fort Fisher, have been on the offensive against Confederate defenders along the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington. Today the Battle of Wilmington concludes in a Federal victory. With the fall of the city imminent on the 21st, Confederate General Braxton Bragg, before leaving the city…

February 22, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 15, 1865

Today in South Carolina’s Lexington County just south of Columbia, the Battle of Conagree Creek takes place. Beginning at 7:30 a.m., the contest pits a portion of the remainder of the Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee against the Union’s Army of the Tennessee, part of the forces of General William T. Sherman. Rebel defenders attempt…

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

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 15, 1865

On this third day of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, the Federals prevail. Additional Confederate troops arrive on the battlefield this morning, but at midday even more Union troops land ashore in the form of some 2,200 sailors and marines. At about 3:30 the naval bombardment ends and the Federal’s land assault upon the…

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

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