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Rev. Robert Ryland

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 10, 1862

Confederate hospitals in and around the national capital city of Richmond are rapidly filling up. Southern Baptists, in recent months focusing on publishing and distributing religious literature among soldiers, see an opportunity to reach hospitalized soldiers in the city. The ladies of Richmond’s First Baptist Church have done their part in this effort, as Richmond’s…

February 10, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 2, 1862

Even as Baptists on the southern home front complain about the evils of army camp life, they eagerly look for evidence that the distribution of religious literature among soldiers is pushing back the spiritual darkness so rampant. One report from a Confederate colporter is making the rounds: A colporter, laboring among the Confederate forces in…

February 2, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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