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Tag Archives: june 3 1862

Camp Douglas, Chicago

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 3, 1862

The United States is now interring prisoners of war in Camp Douglas near Chicago. The city also sends many soldiers to fight for the Union. Today, the ladies of Chicago’s First Baptist Church display their patriotic side, as noted in the Chicago Daily Tribune: On the morning of the 3d inst., a committee of ladies…

June 3, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
African Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 2, 1862

Southern Baptist pastor and author Amos C. Dayton, a Tennessean and leading advocate of the theory that Baptist lineage can be traced back to John the Baptist, is in Georgia preparing for a speaking tour to Baptists and other Christians on the subject of slavery. He declares he will: … treat at length of the…

June 2, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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