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Baptists and the American Civil War: February 23, 1865

Within the past ten days, Columbia, SC, Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC have all fallen to Federal forces. The one remaining major Confederate city in the main theater of war is Richmond, VA, the Confederate capital. While national and state civil leaders, in addition to many white religious leaders, remain ideologically defiant in the defense…

February 23, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 19, 1865

Today Edmond Kelley, formally a slave and now a mulatto Baptist clergyman, writes U.S. Vice President, and former Tennessee governor, Andrew Johnson. Kelley is the author of the 1851 book, A Family Redeemed from Bondage; Being Rev. Edmond Kelley, (the Author,) His Wife, and Four Children. Originally from Tennessee, Kelley currently lives in the North…

January 19, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 23, 1864

With Savannah safely in Federal hands, the Union Navy today begins an assault upon Fort Fisher, a Confederate fort guarding the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina. The Battle of Fort Fisher lasts for four days. Today the Union attempts to destroy the fort’s walls by detonating a gunpowder-laden ship. This failed effort is followed…

December 23, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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