Excommunicated from the Union : how the Civil War created a separate Catholic America / William B. Kurtz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurtz, William B. (William Burton), 1983- author.

Series:

North's Civil War

The North's Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Catholic.

United States.

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

Slavery and the church--Catholic Church.

Slavery and the church.

Catholic Church--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

236 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all. Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious and political nativism in the United States, Excommunicated from the Union reveals that while the war was an alienating experience for many of the 200,000 Catholics who served, they still strove to construct a positive memory of their experiences in order to show that their religion was no barrier to their being loyal American citizens. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Mexican War and nativism

Catholics rally to the flag

Catholic soldiers in the Union Army

Priests and nuns in the Army

Slavery divides the church

Catholics' opposition to the war

Post-war anti-Catholicism

Catholics remember the Civil War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823267538

0823267539

9780823268863

0823268861

OCLC:

926049955