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Baptists and the American Civil War: November 1, 1865

Today the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Greenville, South Carolina and Southern Baptists’ sole seminary, reopens following the war. The reopening consists of seven students and the returning founding faculty of four — James Petigru Boyce, John A. Broadus, Basil Manly Jr. and William Williams. The four are uncertain if they can successfully restart…

November 1, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: February 26, 1863

Revivals in the Confederate army camps and doctrinal debate among Baptists of the North offer two glimpses into Baptist life today. Today’s edition of Virginia Baptists’ Religious Herald reports that revival meetings within Confederate General Robert E. Lee‘s army have been going on for “fifty-five consecutive days and nights without regard to weather or other…

February 26, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: November 17, 1862

The Alabama State Baptist Convention meets this month in Selma, “a beautiful city on the bluffs of the Alabama river.” During the conference “the principle subject, of course, was the moral culture of our soldiers,” as one participant, identified only as “N. P. Y.”, reports afterward. The same observer offers an account of the main…

November 17, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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