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Author:

Lehman, James O.

Title:

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.
United States--Religious aspects--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects
War--History--Christianity--History--19th century.
Mennonites--United States--History--History--19th century.
Amish--United States--History--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Nolt, Steven M., 1968-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-340) and index.

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.

Series:

Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies

ISBN:

0801886724 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801886720 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)86115221

LCCN:

2006101464

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)