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Tag Archives: just cause

Abraham Lincoln

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 30, 1864

Anxieties North and South are high. The moment of truth is mere days to come. The United States and Confederate States, both weary of war, steel for yet another season of bloodshed and anguish. This most uncivil of wars was never expected to last this long. The public is nervous, politicians are wary, and soldier…

April 30, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
African Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 1, 1862

During the war, many white Southerners repeatedly refer to the “Cause” of the South, a reference (sometimes blatant, and at other times thinly-veiled) to the preservation of African slavery, the economic and social foundation of the Confederacy. Many white Christians of the South insist that the Southern “Cause” is the will of God, a view…

May 1, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 13, 1861

Union General George McClellan’s Special Order No. 7 has now been in effect for one week. The order reads: The Major-General Commanding desires and requests that in future there may be a more perfect respect for the Sabbath on the part of his command. We are fighting in a holy cause, and should endeavor to…

September 13, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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