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Baptists and the American Civil War: June 2, 1864

The 112th New York, comprised of men from Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, was organized in September 1862. The 112th New York is now commanded by Colonel Jeremiah C. Drake, formerly pastor of the Westfield Baptist Church, New York. Born in 1824 and a native of Herkimer County, at the age of 16 Drake felt called…

June 2, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Confederate Soldiers

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 30, 1864

Early spring has arrived, and with it the promise of the large-scale resumption of battles. Today’s minor military happenings merely serve as preludes to the great clashes which are surely to come. Among the day’s developments are the capture of a Confederate outpost at Cherry Grove, Virginia and skirmishes in Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. The…

March 30, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Fort Marion, St. Augustine, occupied by Union troops. Photo by Samual A. Cooley

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 13, 1864

Prior to the war St. Augustine, Florida, a heavily Catholic town named after the fourth century bishop, St. Augustine of Hippo, served as a slave trade center of the Southeast. Augustin Verot, Catholic vicar apostolic of Florida, was as passionate a defender of slavery as were Baptist leaders of the South. His January 4, 1861…

March 13, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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