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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 24, 1865

Sam Richards, an Atlanta businessman and Southern Baptist who fled the city for New York following Sherman’s capture of the city, today arrives back in Atlanta. Like many other middle class white Southerners (of whom there are relatively few, actually) who did not serve during the war, whether having temporarily lived in the North or…

August 24, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: August 4, 1865

Sam Richards and his family, members of the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta, fled the city in the wake of Sherman’s coming and temporarily moved to New York City. With the war over, today they depart New York for the return trip to Atlanta. The Richards are among a number of white Southerners who fled…

August 4, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: September 10, 1864

The Union’s squeeze of the Confederacy is felt throughout the South. Charleston, the ideological center of the Confederate States, has now been under siege for some 430 days, with cannon balls raining upon the city almost daily. In Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee remains trapped in the trenches, his forces growing thinner almost by…

September 10, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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