Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.
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TextSeries: Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studiesPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9781421403908 (e-book)
- 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
- 973.7088/2897 22
- E184.M45 L44 2007
Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-340) and index.
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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