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Daily Archives: April 19, 2011

Sam Houston, Texas Governor

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 19, 1861

Former Texas Governor Sam Houston, since his removal from office a month ago as a result of his refusal to pledge an oath of allegiance to the Confederate Constitution, has often been asked why he refuses to support the Confederacy. Today Houston, a Baptist, is in Galveston, where a crowd gathers outside his hotel. Leaning…

April 19, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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