Tag Archives: John A. Campbell

Defending Quaker Consciences in the Confederacy

Posted on August 5, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Max Longley John Bacon Crenshaw was clerk (chief executive) of the small Cedar Creek Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Richmond. During the war, he became an uncompensated lobbyist who strove to alleviate the sufferings of Quakers … Continue reading →

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A “Visionary” Plan? The Proposed March 1865 Peace Conference, Part 2

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Terrianne Schulte

(Part 1 is available here.) While many were disheartened by the failure of the February conference, the Confederates were not willing to give up their hope of establishing an independent nation, although that hope was becoming dimmer with each passing … Continue reading →

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