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Baptists and the American Civil War: November 24, 1865

Southern Baptist newspaper editors in the post-war months find much to criticize about the religious newspapers of the North. This week’s Virginia Baptist Religious Herald accuses the “Northern Religious Press” of “Secularity.” Pretending surprise of “the degree in which the religious papers of the North are devoted to politics,” the writer is silent on the…

November 24, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 23, 1865

Within the past ten days, Columbia, SC, Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC have all fallen to Federal forces. The one remaining major Confederate city in the main theater of war is Richmond, VA, the Confederate capital. While national and state civil leaders, in addition to many white religious leaders, remain ideologically defiant in the defense…

February 23, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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.

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