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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 27, 1865

Much of North Carolina lies in shambles, compliments of the army of Union General William T. Sherman. Thomasville is one of the towns impacted by the war this month, albeit not directly by Sherman. Mere weeks earlier Confederate troops, retreating northward from Sherman’s advance, had paused in Thomasville. Here General Joseph E. Johnston ordered a…

March 27, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 9, 1864

  Today an enormous explosion rocks City Point, Virginia, the headquarters of the Union Army during the current siege of Petersburg. Several large buildings, 180 feet of wharf, and some two million dollars worth of military munitions and supplies are destroyed, while more than forty workers lose their lives. Union General Ulysses S. Grant quarters…

August 9, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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