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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lehman, James O., author.
- Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.
- Series:
- Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
- Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mennonites--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Mennonites.
- Amish--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Amish.
- Anabaptists--United States--History--19th century.
- Anabaptists.
- Pacifists--United States--History--19th century.
- Pacifists.
- War--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--19th century.
- War.
- 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.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Integrating the most recent Civil War scholarship with little-known primary sources and new information from Pennsylvania and Virginia to Illinois and Iowa, Lehman and Nolt provide the definitive account of the Anabaptist experience during the bloodiest war in American history.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-340) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0390-0
- OCLC:
- 608073242
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