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Joseph Brown, Governor of Georgia, and a Southern Baptist

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 7, 1865

Not all Confederate forces have yet surrendered. In the mountains of North Carolina near Franklin, a small contingent of Confederates remain armed and active. Patrolling the area are the forces of Union Colonel George W. Kirk. “(D)ue to the possibility of Yankee Soldiers in the county,” Franklin’s First Baptist Church cancels services this day. Meanwhile,…

May 7, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 1, 1865

In Virginia, the faculty of the University of Virginia convene and appoint one of their own to meet Union General Philip Sheridan, whose nearby forces are bearing down on the city of Charlottesville. Their hope is that the Federals will have mercy and spare the university. Yet not all are ready to give up the…

March 1, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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