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William L. Curry

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 1, 1862

Today South Carolina Baptist minister William L. Curry, born in 1836, is appointed as the chaplain of 50th Georgia Regiment. A graduate of Furman University and with degrees from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (all in South Carolina), Curry is well educated. Ordained in 1860, he sought appointment as a…

September 1, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Greenville Baptist Female College

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 28, 1862

Many institutions of Southern Baptists, battered by the drain of human and capital resources due to the war, have been forced to shutter their doors. No where is this more evident than in South Carolina. Baptists of the Palmetto State, ardent supporters of waging war to preserve African slavery, remain committed to the Confederacy. Yet…

July 28, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Greenville Baptist Female College

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 19, 1861

Their spirits bolstered by victory at the skirmish known as the Battle of Blackburn’s Ford, Confederate forces, anticipating a clash with U.S. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s 35,000 troops, begin consolidating in preparation. Some troops arrive in the Manassas area by train, the first time in history for troops to be transported by train. Meanwhile, in…

July 19, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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