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Baptists and the American Civil War: June 26, 1865

The First Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee, has experienced ups and downs during the past four years. When Nashville came under Union occupation in 1862, the church’s pastor and other ministers in the city refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States, and were accordingly arrested. For several months during the year…

June 26, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: May 25, 1865

The war has barely ended and already restrictions are being placed upon freedpersons in the former Confederate capital of Richmond, restrictions in which federal military officials play a notable role. Fields Cook (1817-1897) is a former slave who while a slave learned how to read and write, learned the precepts of Christianity through the kindness…

May 25, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 6, 1865

Two days after the body of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, current President Andrew Johnson issues an executive order for a military trial for eight named co-conspirators in the murder of Lincoln and the attempted murder of Secretary of State William H. Seward and other…

May 6, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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