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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 26, 1864

The Imitation Free Will Baptist Church was founded in Pitts County, North Carolina in 1831. By 1845 the church had twenty-four members and was holding worship services the first Sunday of each month (the monthly meetings being typical for rural Baptist churches in the South). As is the case with many churches throughout the South,…

March 26, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
The Capture of the Confederate Forts at Hatteras Inlet, by Alfred R. Waud

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 27, 1861

By the dawn of the Civil War, the schooling of America’s children is no longer in the strong grip of Protestant Christians. Following the formation of the United States of America and the enactment of church state separation, as well as Thomas Jefferson’s plea for a common education system for all, Protestant Christians nonetheless maintained…

August 27, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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