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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 10, 1864

Nearly a month after leaving Atlanta, today General William T. Sherman and his army reach the Georgia coast. The March to the Sea is over. His men exhausted and the army low on supplies, Sherman directs a contingent of officers to contact Union supply ships that should be nearby. While awaiting a rendezvous with naval…

December 10, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 5, 1864

The Union Navy, in an effort to close Alabama’s Mobile Bay to blockade runners, on August 3 landed 1,500 troops on Dauphin Island and began a siege of Fort Gaines. Confederate defenders have been trying to hold off the Union forces in order to allow time for reinforcements to arrive. Today, however, the Union Navy…

August 5, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: June 19, 1864

Today off the coast of France the Confederate’s prize naval warship, the CSS Alabama, is sunk by the USS Kearsarge in the Battle of Cherbourg. With the sinking of the Alabama, what little hope the Confederacy had left on the high seas is gone, as virtually the entire Southern coast is effectively blockaded by the…

June 19, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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