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Baptists and the American Civil War: June 27, 1865

Simon B. Malone was born into slavery on December 18, 1842 in Tippah County, Mississippi. During the war, he fled to freedom when the 5th Ohio Cavalry came through his home county. According to oral history and family tradition, Malone followed the 5th Ohio, making himself useful by caring for soldiers’ horses, fetching water and…

June 27, 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: March 13, 1865

In what proves to be the final hour of the Confederacy, the government authorizes the enlistment and arming of slaves to fight in the Confederate Army. With the signature of President Jefferson Davis, the bill is official. Although by no means putting an end to the debate in the South over slaves serving in the…

March 13, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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