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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 4, 1863

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s April 16, 1862 emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia set in motion a chain of events that result in this month’s establishing of a black church for freed persons on the grounds of the former plantation of Robert E. and Mary Lee, a congregation from which two black Baptist…

December 4, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Freedman's Village, Districut of Columbis (Harpers Weekly, May 1864)

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 16, 1862

Meeting in Richmond, the Confederate Congress today unveils a new chapter in American history: the first Confederate Conscription Act, requiring all males between the ages of 18 and 35 to serve in the military, becomes the first draft enacted since the formation of the American nation. The Act follows the Rockingham Rebellion and is considered necessary…

April 16, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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