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Baptists and the American Civil War: January 26, 1865

The United States Christian Commission (USCC) supports Union soldiers by providing supplies, medical assistance (in collaboration with the U.S. Sanitary Commission) and religious literature to troops. The work of the USCC is carried out through Protestant chaplains and social workers, many of whom are Baptists. Today the USCC convenes for its annual meeting in Washington,…

January 26, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: November 11, 1862

White Southern Baptists continue debating what the Confederate States of America has done wrong to invoke chastisement — in the form of a drawn-out war and the hardships associated thereof — from God. The slave-based Confederacy acknowledges itself as a Christian nation: the national  motto is “Deo Vindice” (Under God, Our Vindicator), while the constitution…

November 11, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 29, 1862

In the wake of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, and from the context of a firm commitment to God’s willing of the enslavement of the African race, Baptists in the Confederacy continue searching for some other acceptable reason for God not yet leading His chosen nation to victory over the evil United…

October 29, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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