sentences:  Despite some bright spots in relations, the Episcopal Church in the South was slow to give up on the notion of the Confederacy, resulting in the military governor of Alabama closing all Episcopal churches in the state, effective on September 20, 1865.Trinity Episcopal Church in Demopolis was put under Federal guard, and during this time the church mysteriously burned down.Blame was placed on the soldiers for intentionally burning it, but this has never been born out by the facts.