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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 30, 1865

Many Union soldiers and officers are yet serving on active duty. Today Nathan Church from Michigan, of a Baptist family and the son of a Baptist minister, musters out of the service. “Civil War hero Nathan Church, was born on November 22, 1840, the son of LaFayette Church. Until the age of 16, Nathan attended…

October 30, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 12, 1865

Meeting in Detroit’s Second Baptist Church, African American, the Colored Men’s Convention of the State of Michigan convenes this day. Delegates to the convention vote to establish the State Equal Rights League of Michigan, an organization to advance the “rights of the colored people” of Michigan. “Colored suffrage” is on the ballot for November 1866,…

September 12, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 7, 1865

Today New York native and Baptist Orville E. Hoyt, born 1846, is one of hundreds discharged from the Union Army. In 1864 at the age of 18, Hoyt moved to Philadelphia and in December enlisted in Company A, 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving as a private until his discharge this day. The conclusion of the…

August 7, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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