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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 30, 1864

In Minonk, Illinois, the Minonk Baptist Church, a mere six years old, today dedicates the congregation’s first meeting house. Meanwhile, the First Baptist Church of Webster, Massachusetts celebrates this day the 50th anniversary of their congregation with a “historical discourse.” Far southward in Union-controlled Knoxville, Tennessee, the First Baptist Church meeting house, established 1843, has…