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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 7, 1865

With Wilmington under Union control, Federal forces are advancing inland in North Carolina. Today in the Battle of Wyse Fork, Union forces attack Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s forces near Kinston. Control of roads and a railroad is at stake. For four days the battle rages. For much of the time the Confederates appear to have…

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

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 22, 1865

For eleven days, Union troops, operating out of nearby Fort Fisher, have been on the offensive against Confederate defenders along the Cape Fear River south of Wilmington. Today the Battle of Wilmington concludes in a Federal victory. With the fall of the city imminent on the 21st, Confederate General Braxton Bragg, before leaving the city…

February 22, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Salem Baptist Church, Fredericksburg

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 22, 1864

The war has displaced many families North, South and in-between. The later includes the Wallace family of Paducah, Kentucky,  an Upper South state that opted for neutrality rather than join the Confederacy. Philip Hugh Wallace practiced law prior to the war, earning a good living for his family thanks to the slave-based economy of the…

May 22, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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