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Daily Archives: May 23, 2011

Richmond, Virginia

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 23, 1861

Virginia voters (all men, and many of whom are Baptist) today ratify the Ordinance of Secession adopted by the Virginia Convention on April 17. Voters also amend the state constitution to remove a ceiling on the value of enslaved blacks for taxation purposes. Yet the state is divided on secession, as voters in the western…

May 23, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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