Righteous armies, holy cause : apocalyptic imagery and the Civil War / Terrie Dopp Aamodt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aamodt, Terrie Dopp, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects--Christianity.

United States.

History.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Battle Poems, Storms, and Volcanoes: Icons of the Apocalypse 1

2. The Road to Armageddon: Slavery and the North 16

3. Southern Righteousness and the First Manassas 50

4. Holy War: Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation 74

5. The Southern Cromwell and the Moses of the North: Heroes of the Holy War 100

6. The End of the Apocalypse: Shades of Despair, Signs of Hope 119

7. Apocalypse Then, Apocalypse Now 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0865547386

OCLC:

49531482