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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 17, 1864

Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln wires encouraging words to General Ulysses S. Grant, entrenched at Petersburg against a determined but outnumbered Confederate enemy. “Hold on with a bull-dog grip, and chew & choke, as much as possible,” Lincoln instructs the general, the objective being to wear down the enemy, no matter now long it takes.…

August 17, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 15, 1864

Today in the Second Battle of Dalton (Georgia), Confederate cavalry under the command of Major General Joseph Wheeler, in the midst of a campaign to disrupt Union supply lines north of besieged Atlanta, demand the surrender of the town’s Union garrison. The Federals refuse, driving off the Rebels by day’s end. A detachment of United…

August 15, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: October 23, 1863

Standing 6’2″, North Carolinian James Jenkins, 22 years of age, today musters into service with the 2nd North Carolina Colored Infantry at Portsmouth, Virginia. Jenkins is a free black, likely a mulatto. Service in the United States Army is important to the young man. After Private James Jenkins had gotten the brass letter, U.S., an…

October 23, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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