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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.
26th Virginia Regiment

Baptists and the American Civil War: December 11, 1863

As the war moves into its third winter, the state of Virginia, home to Richmond, the capital city of the Confederacy, struggles all the more. The Virginia General Assembly is in session in Richmond today, the fifth day of the 1863-1864 session. Jeremiah Bell Jeter, pastor of the city’s Grace Street Baptist Church and ardent…

December 11, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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