No peace for the wicked : northern Protestant soldiers and the American Civil War / David Rolfs.
2009
E635 .R645 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
No peace for the wicked : northern Protestant soldiers and the American Civil War / David Rolfs.
Author
Rolfs, David.
ISBN
9781572336629 (alk. paper)
1572336625 (alk. paper)
1572336625 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xix, 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E635 .R645 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/1
Summary
The first comprehensive work of its kind, David Rolfs' No Peace for the Wicked sheds new light on the Northern Protestant soldiers' religious worldview and the various ways they used it to justify and interpret their wartime experiences. Drawing extensively from the letters, diaries and published collections of hundreds of religious soldiers, Rolfs effectively resurrects both these soldiers' religious ideals and their most profound spiritual doubts and conflicts. No Peace for the Wicked also explores the importance of "just war" theory in the formulation of Union military strategy and tactics, and examines why the most religious generation in U.S. history fought America's bloodiest war. --from publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The role of religion in the American Civil War
Covenant and revival
Forward into the Red Sea of war
For family and country
The great northern crusade
God's will
A divine judgment
Embracing emancipation
Compromise and conflict
Soldiers of Christ
Appendix: prayers of the Christian soldier.
Covenant and revival
Forward into the Red Sea of war
For family and country
The great northern crusade
God's will
A divine judgment
Embracing emancipation
Compromise and conflict
Soldiers of Christ
Appendix: prayers of the Christian soldier.