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Baptists and the American Civil War: April 27, 1865

The worst disaster in American Maritime history occurs today in the Mississippi River, exceeding even that of the Titanic many years later. During the war the steamship Sultana plied the Mississippi between St. Louis and New Orleans, often carrying military personnel. Now, with the war effectively over (former Confederate president Jefferson Davis yet in hiding…

April 27, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Map of Virginia 1860s

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 24, 1865

Lincoln‘s funeral train reaches New York, where his remains are placed at City Hall. Some 500,000 persons view the casket at City Hall. In Washington, word arrives that John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s killer, has been spotted in Virginia. A squad of cavalry is dispatched to track down Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold. In the…

April 24, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Map of Virginia 1860s

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 22, 1865

As Abraham Lincoln‘s funeral train — the Lincoln Special — travels from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, tens of thousands of people line the route to catch a glimpse of the car bearing Lincoln’s remains. Not since the deaths of America’s Founding Fathers has there seemingly been national mourning on the massive scale as that over the…

April 22, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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