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Baptists and the American Civil War: September 22, 1862

The recent victory at the Battle of Antietam provides United States President Abraham Lincoln the political capital to make public what he has long known he must do (and what the South has long warned that the “black president” will do): begin the formal emancipation of African slaves. Today Lincoln takes the first political step…

September 22, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 19, 1862

This week, the Union Soldiers’ Aid Society of Penacook, New Hampshire is formed in the town’s Baptist Church. According to the Preamble of the organization’s Constitution: Believing that it is our duty to do all in our power for the comfort of the soldiers, who are periling their lives in defense of our Government, we…

September 19, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: June 20, 1862

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, influenced in his youth by the anti-slavery Primitive Baptist church of his upbringing, is moving ever closer to officially making emancipation a goal of the war against the Southern Confederacy. Today Lincoln meets with a delegation of Progressive Friends (a Quaker organization working with other anti-slavery advocates), who urge him to…

June 20, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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