A visitation of God : northern civilians interpret the Civil War / Sean A. Scott.

Author/creator Scott, Sean A.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Laity--Northwest, Old. --History. --19th century.
War--Religious aspects. --Christianity. --History. --19th century.
Slavery and the church--Northwest, Old.
Northwest, Old--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Religious aspects.
Northwest, Old--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Social aspects.
Northwest, Old--Church history. --19th century.

Contents "If God saves not our country it must be lost" : providence, secession, and the outbreak of war -- "Until the great sin...has been removed" : God's chastening, the sacred union, and emancipation -- "Try to live the life of a Christian" : the personal faith of women on the home front -- "Christian patriotism" in flush : political preaching, antiwar dissent, and summer thanksgiving -- "Exhorting you to be faithful...to God and to men" : fatherly counsel and the path to Christian manhood -- "Discord sown among brethren" : the appropriation of scripture, politicized religion, and church division -- "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure" : civilian perspectives on death and eternity -- "God be thanked the nation and humanity were saved" : retribution against traitors, the reelection of Lincoln, and the termination of war -- "How mysterious are the ways of providence" : civilian attitudes toward the assassination of Lincoln.
General note"This work is confined geographically to the Union states of the Civil War west--Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa."--P. 5.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and index.
LCCN 2010010476
ISBN9780195395990 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195395999 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E635 .S36 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold