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Author Lehman, James O., author.

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

Publication Info. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Young center books in anabaptist and pietist studies
Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [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.
Note Description based on print version record.
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.
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 19th century.
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 -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Nolt, Steven M., 1968- author.
Other Form: Print version: Lehman, James O. Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War. Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 xi, 353 pages ; 24 cm. Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies 9780801886720
ISBN 9780801886720 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801886724 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421403908 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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