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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 23, 1865

Zirconia, North Carolina native Daniel W. Revis (1835-1914) was a farmer in Henderson County prior to the war. In 1862 he enlisted for a three year term of service with North Carolina’s 64th Regiment, Company B. His service took place largely in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, prior to his discharge in early 1865.…

August 23, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 3, 1864

Attempting to disrupt Union General William T. Sherman‘s operations in Georgia, the Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee takes advantage of the absence of Federal troops at Kennessaw and Big Shanty by seizing the rail lines and commencing operations to destroy the rails, hence cutting off the Federals’ supply route between Atlanta and Nashville. Unamused, Sherman…

October 3, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: April 11, 1863

Today Liberty Baptist Church in Wilkinson County, Ga, gathers for a monthly business meeting. The third item on the agenda is a request from Richard L. Lavender “to take him under the watch care of the church until he returns from the war and wright (sic) to him on the subject.” Presumably church clerk Wiley…

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

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