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Baptists and the American Civil War: April 14, 1865

Today is Good Friday. On the site of where the war between the states erupted, the former United States flag, the very one that had been removed by the Confederacy on April 12, 1861, is again raised over Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in a special ceremony attended by many dignitaries. General Abner Doubleday, raised…

April 14, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: July 1, 1863

The armies of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Union Gen. George G. Meade have been moving closer and closer to one another in the past week. Today, they collide west of Gettysburg, a town where several highways intersect. The initial contact between Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and Meade’s Army of the Potomac takes…

July 1, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 6, 1863

Michigan’s oldest black congregation, the Second Baptist Church, was founded in 1836 by thirteen former slaves. In 1839 the congregation established the city’s first school for black children. Second Baptist’s first pastor, the Reverend William C. Monroe, was a noted anti-slavery activist. In 1843 Monroe presided over the first State Convention of Colored Citizens, which…

January 6, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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