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Baptists and the American Civil War: July 11, 1865

The paroling of Confederate soldiers continues. Among today’s paroled Confederates is Felix Winchester Magee (1845-1924) of Winchester, Texas. The ceremony takes place in Brazos County. At a mere 16 years of age Magee enlisted in Company D, 12th Regiment, Texas Infantry, on January 17, 1862. Discharged five months later once his age was discovered, he…

July 11, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 12, 1865

Today, four years to the day after the war began with the South’s assault upon Fort Sumter, the formal surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia takes place. The Federals await at Appomattox Court House as the Confederates break camp for the last time early this morning and march up the Richmond-Lynchburg Road to lay…

April 12, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 28, 1865

Newspapers in the Confederate capital of Richmond typically maintain as positive a view of the war as they can muster. Today’s Richmond Daily Dispatch counters “Yankee accounts of the misfortunes” of the Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee. Having “suffered only an inconsiderable loss in numbers,” the army is now in South Carolina under the command…

January 28, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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