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Kentucky Tennessee Map

Baptists and the American Civil War: December 09, 1865

This month the Holston Baptist Association of Tennessee passes a resolution asking that pro-Confederate Baptist churches apologize for their sin of supporting the Confederacy: “The war was wrong, … and it has caused the troubles which are existing in the Baptist churches. Therefore, we would recommend that all members who voted for separation, or voluntarily…

December 9, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Sinking of the USS Cumberland

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 8, 1862

Impatient with General McClellan’s slowness in engaging Confederate forces, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today issues an order reorganizing the Army of Virginia, in the process relieving McClellan of supreme command of Union forces. Given the command of the Army of the Potomac, McClellan is ordered to attack the Confederate capital of Richmond. Thus begins the…

March 8, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
First Review of Federal Troops in Occupied Nashville

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 25, 1862

Led by U.S. officer Bull Nelson, whose army arrives at Nashville on the Cumberland River via gunboats, Union forces march into and occupy Nashville today. This afternoon, the formal surrender of the city takes place, as Nashville major Richard Cheatham hands the city over to U.S. General Don Carlos Buell. In the days and weeks…

February 25, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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