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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 16, 1862

Larkin Stanhope Kenrick is a solider in the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, hailing from Cleveland County in the eastern portion of the state. Prior to marching off to war, the small-time farmer lived near, and was a member of, Capernaum Baptist Church. The Confederate soldier has already written to his family several times, commenting…

March 16, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Reading, Massachusetts

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 15, 1861

Daniel Fuller Hutchinson is from a Baptist family, and in the post-war years, an active member of First Baptist Church Reading, Massachusetts. Born at Greenfield, New Hampshire in 1839, he learned the trade of carriage making. Like many other tradesman, however, he puts aside his business and joins the Union Army, enlisting today at Boston.…

July 15, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Robert B. Headden

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 6, 1861

Robert Benjamin Headden (born 1838 in Cassville, Georgia into an Old Line English Baptist family), of Bartow County, Georgia, enlists with Philip’s Legion today. His first major action is in 1862 in the Seven Days Battle and the 2nd Battle of Manassas, at which he is wounded. Recovering, Headden fights in the battle of Fredericksburg…

July 6, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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