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03278aam a2200373 i 4500 001 7BB1AFA46B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150406s2015 ncua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015012046 020 $a 0786494220 020 $a 9780786494224 035 $a (OCoLC)900306735 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E540 C3 L66 2015 100 1 $a Longley, Maximilian, $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a For the Union and the Catholic Church : $b four converts in the Civil War / $c Max Longley. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2015] 300 $a viii, 303 pages ; $c 26 cm 520 2 $a "Four men joined the Catholic Church in the mid-1840s: a soldier, his bishop brother, a priest born a slave and an editor. Much has been written about the Catholic Church and about the Civil War. This book is the first in more than half a century to focus exclusively on the intersection of these two topics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "Every man, Catholic and non/Catholic, fell on his knees with his head bowed down" -- "The end of religious controversy" -- "I have the responsibilities, he the virtues" -- "An 'heir-loom'" -- "The radical necessity of the Church" -- "The Catholics...will be found among the fastest friends of the Union" -- "The devil...comes to us as a philanthropist" -- "Cowards fearing the light of day, and skulking beneath the cover of darkness" -- "The Know-Nothings have inaugurated a new era" -- "Framed, no doubt, for the express purpose of corrupting the faith of Catholic children" -- "I wish that secession had never been thought of" -- "Called upon by both sides to fight in the battles of the country" -- "The nations of antiquity had slaves; where are those nations now?" -- "Unless, as a body, we besiege heaven with prayer, god will not be pacified" -- "Waning of the prejudice against our religion, coming from the highest range of Protestant society" -- "The most logical and effective assailants of slavery that these last three years have produced have been devout Catholics" -- "If the general is crossing himself we are in a desparate situation" -- "A mere inferential recognition, unconnected with political action or the regular establishment of diplomatic relations" -- "Judea produced but one Judas Iscariot" -- "The bishop attributes to God what is an execrable violence of men" -- "The only country in which the Pope could seek and find a suitable and secure asylum". 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, Catholic. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Participation, Catholic. 651 0 $a United States $x Religious aspects. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Catholics $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Converts $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 610 20 $a Catholic Church $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826114201.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7BB1AFA46B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search