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Baptists and the American Civil War: January 13, 1864

A Confederate scout is on a mission this day. James Bruton Gambrell (1841-1921) is a captain in the Confederate Army, commanding a squadron of scouts in General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia. Some remember Gambrell, as a Confederate scout, as firing the first shot of the Battle of Gettysburg. War is the fodder…

January 13, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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