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On the Virginia front, a joint baptism organized by Southern
soldiers on the Rapidan River attracted a group of Northern troops
to the opposite bank. Spontaneously, men from both sides joined
in a hymn-singing at water’s edge. From the front lines
to the backwaters of the war, soldiers North and South regularly
paused from the ways of war to open the Lord’s Day with
a sunrise worship service – expressing a common faith amidst
an uncommon conflict. |