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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War /

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Main Authors: Lehman, James O. (Author), Nolt, Steven M., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Series:Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Subjects:
Mennonites > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Amish > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Anabaptists > United States > History > 19th century.
Pacifists > United States > History > 19th century.
War > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Mennonites > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
Amish > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Religious aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War
  • Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic
  • Our country is at war
  • Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862
  • Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862
  • Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest
  • The fighting comes north, 1862-1863
  • Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics
  • Did Jesus Christ teach men war?
  • Resistance and revenge in Virginia, 1863-1864
  • Burning the Shenandoah Valley
  • Reconstructed nation, reconstructed peoplehood.

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