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Baptists and the American Civil War: July 23, 1863

Weatherford, Texas is experiencing a multi-denominational Christian revival, as reported in the Galveston Weekly News. Ed. News.—It may be interesting to some of your numerous readers to hear of a protracted meeting that is going on here.  It has now been in progress for 27 days and nights, and when it will stop time can…

July 23, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Jacob Eliot, Navarro County, Texas

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 20, 1863

Southerner Jacob Eliot (1803-1870) of Corsicana, Texas is a successful attorney, a slaveholder, and the church clerk of the Corsicana Baptist Church. A senior citizen during the war, he assists the war effort on the home front. He also keeps a journal during the war, in which the entires tend to be brief and to…

July 20, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Civil War States Map

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 8, 1863

North Carolina Biblical Recorder editor J. D. Hufham today offers a commentary on sin in the Confederacy. A short time since we noticed a gentleman indulging in practices which in other days, he would severely and justly have censured in another. He stood high in the estimation of his brethren, for the consistency and apparent…

April 8, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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