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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 18, 1865

The New York Times responds to the addition, in recent months, of “In God We Trust” on certain United States coins, voicing a decidedly traditional Baptist view of church state separation: “In compliance with an act of Congress the Director of the Mint has caused the legend “In God we Trust” to be engraved in…

December 18, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Jacob Eliot, Navarro County, Texas

Baptists and the American Civil War: November 7, 1865

Today Jacob Eliot, a Baptist layman, lawyer and former slaveowner from Corsicana, Texas, is not entirely happy about the end of slavery. Nonetheless, today he uses his legal position to help four freedmen who apparently had not been his slaves. “I procured license for Joe McCullough and Charlie Thomas, two old freedmen – to get…

November 7, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 26, 1865

Under Union occupation during the Civil War, Alexandria, Virginia became a safe haven for runaway slaves (also known as contraband). Near an old slave pen area on Duke Street the Shiloh Baptist Church, a congregation of former slaves, began on March 29, 1863. The first worship service was held in a U.S. government mess hall.…

September 26, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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