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Baptists and the American Civil War: November 24, 1865

Southern Baptist newspaper editors in the post-war months find much to criticize about the religious newspapers of the North. This week’s Virginia Baptist Religious Herald accuses the “Northern Religious Press” of “Secularity.” Pretending surprise of “the degree in which the religious papers of the North are devoted to politics,” the writer is silent on the…

November 24, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: November 3, 1865

The Portsmouth Baptist Association of Virginia assembles at the Blackwater Baptist Church in Prince Anne County. Delegates voice approval of a statewide Baptist committee formed in June “to provide for the education of children of deceased and disabled Confederate soldiers, and that we earnestly urge our brethren to help in this good work.” A resolution…

November 3, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 15, 1865

Confederate soldiers who survived the war are settling back into home life. Many of those who are Baptists return to their home churches this month. In Georgia, the Harmony Primitive Baptist Church in Pike County and the Houston Factory Baptist Church of Houston County each extend “the right hand of fellowship” to returning soldier members.…

June 15, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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