Baptists and the American Civil War: May 19, 1863

Today the 49th annual meeting of the American Baptist Missionary Union convenes in the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Senator Ira Harris (NY), a Baptist layman, presides over the meeting as the organization’s president. Singing, scripture reading and prayer open the conference. Delegates from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New…

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 25, 1862

Since late January, the American Baptist Home Mission Society has been contemplating and planning for work among freedmen living under the protection of the Union Army in the coastal areas of South Carolina and beyond, inquiring “into their needs and the opportunities for religious work.” The Society’s leaders have since determined that missionaries and teachers…

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