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Tag Archives: union blockade

Scenes from Savannah 1862

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 28, 1865

The month of February draws to a close with four major, strategic cities of the Deep South under Union control: Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia and Charleston. In addition, the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina is also occupied, leaving the Confederacy with no ports from which to sail naval vessels. With the Union coastal blockade now…

February 28, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
First African Baptist Church Hilton Head

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 17, 1862

Today is Sunday, and a new Baptist church is born. But it is not a typical Baptist church. Union troops are now firmly in control of much of South Carolina’s coastline. One island town stands out above the others: Hilton Head, one of the wealthiest of the state’s towns prior to the war. Previously home…

August 17, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Wilmington, North Carolina, and First Baptist Church

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 6, 1862

The North Carolina port town of Wilmington, a quiet community of some 10,000 persons on the eve of the war, has been transformed into a center of “profiteering and money-laundering” that is a magnet for speculators, “rogues and desperadoes,” “crooks, confidence men, and prostitutes.” Many residents have fled from their homes to safer and more…

August 6, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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