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Baptists and the American Civil War: August 12, 1863

North Carolina Baptist editor J. D. Hufham of the Biblical Recorder today addresses Confederate President Jefferson Davis‘ proclamation of a national day of fasting and prayer — to be held August 21 — and blames last month’s battlefield defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg on various sins of the Confederacy. The President has recommended Friday the…

August 12, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: April 2, 1863

Baptist leaders and churches of the Confederacy express little to no remorse over church members killing their Northern brethren in the fight to maintain African slavery. Nor do most doubt that slavery is the lot of the black race. Personal immorality of church members serving in the Confederate Army, however, is another matter altogether. The…

April 2, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 18, 1863

From North Carolina’s 56th Regiment, a Baptist Confederate soldier writes of his unit’s recent movements and the challenges of reaching his fellow soldiers for Christ. His letter is published in today’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder. Dear Bro. Hufham:–Though I am unaccustomed to writing for publication, I will solicit a small space in your columns, believing…

February 18, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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