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Baptists and the American Civil War: September 4, 1861

On the northern home front, a strange accident takes the life of one of the most prominent men of the state of Massachusetts. George Nixon Briggs (born 1796), lawyer, former U.S. Whig Congressmen (1831-1843) and seven-term governor of Massachusetts (1844-1851), reaches for an overcoat in the closet of his home in Pittsfield. In so doing,…

September 4, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Battle of Phillipi, Virginia

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 3, 1861

The American Baptist Missionary Union continues meeting today in Brooklyn, New York. The war between the North and South weighs upon the minds of all. Believing that the conflict would be resolved if southern leaders could understand the good intentions of the North, attendees ardently speak against the charges of Southern Baptist leader Richard Fuller…

June 3, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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