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BAXTER, William, clergyman, born in Leeds, England, about 1823. He came to the United States with his parents in 1828, was graduated at Bethany College in 1845, entered the Christian (Disciple) Church and preached in various places in Mississippi and Arkansas, until he became president of Arkansas College, in Fayetteville. During the civil war the College was destroyed. In 1863 he removed to Cincinnati and devoted himself to preaching and literary work. He published a volume of poems in 1852, contributed largely to periodical literature, and has also aided in the preparation of several books, one of the most important being a large volume, "The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion." Of his "Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, or Scenes and Incidents of the War in Arkansas," several editions were issued. His "War Lyrics," appearing originally in "Harper's Weekly," became widely known and were recited at Massachusetts meetings by Murdoch and other popular elocutionists. His hymn ' Let Me Go appeared in many hymnbooks and collections of sacred music. "
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