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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 6, 1863

During the gloominess that hangs over a despondent Confederacy, many white southerners cling to the hope that the past can yet be restored into a glorious future. Samuel Boykin, editor of the Georgia Baptist Christian Index and since prior to the war a dreamer of a glorious future for the Confederate nation, obliges the persistent…

December 6, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Farragut Passing Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 24, 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 24, 1862

Confederate citizens and soldiers watch in dismay as a Union naval squadron, led by Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, today sails up the mouth of the Mississippi past forts Jackson and St. Philip. The fall of New Orleans is inevitable; surrender takes place on April 28. Union occupancy of the Confederacy’s largest city begins May 1,…

April 24, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 22, 1862

The Confederate Congress has been meeting all week. Richmond’s First Baptist pastor, J. Lansing Burrows, is a fixture, offering the opening prayer of many of the congressional sessions. Meanwhile, from across the Atlantic Ocean, today’s edition of The Illustrated London Daily News offers commentary on the distant conflict. The important news has been received that…

March 22, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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