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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 13, 1864

Some two centuries after the colony of Maryland first allowed slavery, residents of the state of Maryland this day vote to end the peculiar institution. Although the vote is close overall, some 90% of Maryland soldiers cast ballots for the abolition of slavery. The vote by Marylanders is merely the latest in a long series…

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

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 2, 1864

A city ablaze greets the dawning of a new day in the South. Atlanta, deserted by Confederate defenders, is yet aflame from fires started by the departing rebels, while pillaged store fronts bear evidence of a night of looting. Union General William T. Sherman and his armies march uncontested into the city, which is surrendered…

September 2, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 9, 1864

  Today an enormous explosion rocks City Point, Virginia, the headquarters of the Union Army during the current siege of Petersburg. Several large buildings, 180 feet of wharf, and some two million dollars worth of military munitions and supplies are destroyed, while more than forty workers lose their lives. Union General Ulysses S. Grant quarters…

August 9, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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