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Lewis Raymond, Baptist minister, Chaplain of 51st Illinois

Baptists and the American Civil War: October 19, 1864

In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this day, Union forces deal a decisive blow to Confederates in the Battle of Cedar Creek. So conclusive is the Federal victory over Confederate General Jubal Early‘s army that Confederate resistance in the valley effectively comes to an end. Meanwhile, in Bridgeport, Alabama, Lewis Raymond, Baptist minister and chaplain of the…

October 19, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Dora Richards Miller

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 15, 1862

Newlyweds Anderson and Dora Richards Miller today arrive in Arkansas, seeking to escape the travails of war. Having moved from New Orleans, Arkansas is a new experience for Dora. Perhaps an Episcopalian (the church in which the couple was married), Dora in her diary describes the day and days following, including observations of religious life…

February 15, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Emancipated Slaves

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 1, 1861

Today one of the worst fears of Southern slaveholders is realized: the first school for emancipated slaves is established in Alexandria, Virginia by Mary Chase, an African American woman. The laws of southern states, with the lone exception of Tennessee, have long decreed that it is a crime to teach African slaves to read and…

September 1, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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