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Tag Archives: battle of champion hill

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 4, 1863

Today Lieutenant James Hill (1822-1899) of Company I of the 21st Iowa Infantry, having previously served as an unofficial spiritual counselor to his soldiers, is unanimously elected regimental chaplain. But Hill, a Baptist minister, does not give up his arms. Instead, he continues to lead his troops in battle and becomes known as the “fighting…

August 4, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 16, 1863

Clashes intensify along the lower Mississippi River as U.S. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant continues his relentless pursuit of capturing the strategic river city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The key city of Jackson, Mississippi, having been occupied by Union troops for two days, is by now mostly destroyed as Grant’s army moves out of the city this…

May 16, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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