While God is Marching on: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers

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University Press of Kansas, 2001 - 394 páginas
They read the same Bible and prayed to the same God, but they faced each other in battle with rage in their hearts. The Civil War not only pitted brother against brother but also Christian against Christian, with soldiers from North and South alike devoutly believing that God was on their side. Steven E. Woodworth, a Civil War historian, presents the first detailed study of soldiers'' religious beliefs and how they influenced the course of that tragic conflict. He shows how Christian teaching and practice shaped the worldview of soldiers on both sides: how it motivated them for the struggle, how it influenced he way they fought, and how it shaped national life after the war ended. Through the diaries, letters, ad reminiscences of common soldiers, Woodworth illuminates religious belief from the home front to the battlefield, where thoughts of death and the afterlife were always close at hand. Woodworth reveals what these men thought about God and what they believed God thought about the war.

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In Such a Country as This
3
The Actions of a Sovereign God
27
In the Light of Gods Throne and the Presence of Jesus
40
Peace with God
52
His Grace Is Ever Sufficient for
67
We Are the Sword in the Hand of God
93
Southern Christians View the Early Stages of the War
117
Civil War Chaplains
145
Religion in the Camp and on the Battlefield 18611862
175
Religion in the Camp and on the Battlefield 18621863
199
Religion in the Camp and on the Battlefield 18641865
231
160
256
The Lord Has Forsaken His People
270
We Shall Not Easily Forget
287
Bibliography
345
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Army Missionaries and the U S Christian Commission
160

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Steven E. Woodworth was born on January 28, 1961. He received a B.A. in history from Southern Illinois University in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Rice University in 1987. He is a professor of history at Texas Christian University and an expert on the Civil War. He has written a number of books on the topic including Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West, While God Is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers, Nothing but Victory: The Army of the Tennessee 1861-1865, Manifest Destinies: Westward Expansion and the Civil War, and This Great Struggle: America's Civil War.

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