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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 25, 1863

In churches throughout both nations, soldier wives worship and wonder–wonder if their husbands will one day return safely. Outside, the weather is cold, warning all of impending winter. Philadelphia is “very cold and dreary,” relates Emilie Davis, an African-American young woman who today attends church services. Her concerns are for the many blacks for whom…

October 25, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: November 12, 1861

As the days turn colder, southern concern for soldiers’ health grows. Soldiers are anxious about illness in their midst, while family and friends on the home front fret about disease and illness among loved one. As Confederate soldiers serve far from homes and hearths and suffer travails, patriotic appeals for assistance from residents in the…

November 12, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 14, 1861

The middle of the nineteenth century witnessed many white, lower social class southern Baptist families relocating as the southern frontier expanded. Among such families was that of Robert McMinn, born June 8, 1799 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and married to Sara Kuykendall in 1820. Following a stint in Georgia, the couple returned to North…

March 14, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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