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Baptists and the American Civil War: July 6, 1865

Following a number of letters written on his behalf to U.S. president Andrew Johnson, including one by Richard Fuller, Baltimore pastor and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist minster and editor J. R. Graves is granted amnesty. The former resident of Nashville, Tennessee returns to the state and settles in Memphis, where for…

July 6, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 4, 1865

Seven states and 180 cities following the funeral train’s departure on April 21 from Washington, D.C., Abraham Lincoln‘s body is buried today in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois in a specially built tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Son Willie’s coffin is laid next to that of his father. The only immediate family member is Lincoln’s…

May 4, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 17, 1864

Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln wires encouraging words to General Ulysses S. Grant, entrenched at Petersburg against a determined but outnumbered Confederate enemy. “Hold on with a bull-dog grip, and chew & choke, as much as possible,” Lincoln instructs the general, the objective being to wear down the enemy, no matter now long it takes.…

August 17, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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