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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 12, 1862

Rev. David G. Young, born in New York in 1829 and orphaned as a young boy, today enlists in Company D, Eighty-first Regiment Illinois Infantry. During his service he spends time in Confederate prisons and falls victim to yellow fever. Yet he survives the war, in the post-war era serving for a number of years…

August 12, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 1, 1862

The Confederate capital of Richmond lies a mere 100 miles south of the United States capital of Washington, D.C. The distance is a bit deceptive, as Richmond is protected to the North and East by major rivers, swamps and marshes. Yet as the war drags on and the Union Army accumulates more victories and swells…

March 1, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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