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Tag Archives: civil war orphans

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 27, 1864

Slowly but surely, Union General William T. Sherman tightens his encirclement of Atlanta. Today begins a Federal assault on the Macon & Western railroad, even as hapless Confederate officers and their armies remain unable to deter Sherman’s advance. Meanwhile, Southern Baptists of the Confederacy ratchet up their rhetoric concerning Confederate soldiers’ orphans. The number of…

August 27, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 22, 1864

Today the Georgia Baptist Convention convenes at Second Baptist Church, Atlanta. Despite this being a religious gathering, there is no more discussed subject than that of the war. Atlanta, after all, is the target of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman‘s upcoming spring campaign. The attempted invasion of Atlanta, originating from federal-controlled Chattanooga, is expected to…

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

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