Baptists and the American Civil War: February 8, 1863

Today from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, pastor John L. Burrows delivers a rousing sermon criticizing the opening of a new theatre in the Confederate capital. The new theatre replaces the city’s Hewitt Theatre that had burned on New Year’s day, and was built and is owned by a woman,…

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 9, 1862

Union General George B. McClellan, although now on the defensive in the long-running Peninsular Campaign, is yet threatening Richmond, Virgina, the Confederate Capital. His advance to Richmond checked and earlier this month outmanuevered by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s forces during the Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station),…

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