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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In While God is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers, Steven E. Woodworth casts light on one of the grayest areas in the battle between the Blue and the Gray: religion. Most soldiers who fought in the Civil War were Christians, praying to the same God and fervently believing that Jesus blessed their cause. Woodworth examines letters, diaries and other documents to assess the breadth and depth of religious faith among Civil War soldiers. In doing so, he contributes something important to the study of American religious history; while countless books have illuminated the role of religion in antebellum and postbellum America, all too few have analyzed its importance during the war itself. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of many more such studies.
From Library Journal
Woodworth (history, Texas Christian Univ.; Jefferson Davis and His Generals) has written an extensively researched volume that through diaries, letters, and reminiscences explores the relationship of common Civil War soldiers, both North and South, to Protestant Christianity. Although both Union and Confederate soldiers professed belief in the Bible as truth, the doctrine of Providence, and the hope of a heavenly afterlife, they differed in their religious interpretations of motivation and justification for the sectional conflict. Woodworth provides a historical overview of the soldiers' religious heritage and chronicles in detail the impacts upon and development of religion in camp and on the battlefield. Thoughtful attention is given to the relationship between Christianity and the Abolitionist movement and the moral question of slavery. This treatment is not encyclopedic it does not address unusual religious practices or the practices of Catholics or Jews (who constituted a small minority of the soldiers) but it is a much-needed addition to Civil War scholarship. Recommended for academic and public libraries with strong history collections. Kathleen M. Conley, Illinois State Univ., Normal
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In While God is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers, Steven E. Woodworth casts light on one of the grayest areas in the battle between the Blue and the Gray: religion. Most soldiers who fought in the Civil War were Christians, praying to the same God and fervently believing that Jesus blessed their cause. Woodworth examines letters, diaries and other documents to assess the breadth and depth of religious faith among Civil War soldiers. In doing so, he contributes something important to the study of American religious history; while countless books have illuminated the role of religion in antebellum and postbellum America, all too few have analyzed its importance during the war itself. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of many more such studies.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Woodworth (history, Texas Christian Univ.; Jefferson Davis and His Generals) has written an extensively researched volume that through diaries, letters, and reminiscences explores the relationship of common Civil War soldiers, both North and South, to Protestant Christianity. Although both Union and Confederate soldiers professed belief in the Bible as truth, the doctrine of Providence, and the hope of a heavenly afterlife, they differed in their religious interpretations of motivation and justification for the sectional conflict. Woodworth provides a historical overview of the soldiers' religious heritage and chronicles in detail the impacts upon and development of religion in camp and on the battlefield. Thoughtful attention is given to the relationship between Christianity and the Abolitionist movement and the moral question of slavery. This treatment is not encyclopedic it does not address unusual religious practices or the practices of Catholics or Jews (who constituted a small minority of the soldiers) but it is a much-needed addition to Civil War scholarship. Recommended for academic and public libraries with strong history collections. Kathleen M. Conley, Illinois State Univ., Normal
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859-1863 by Edward L. Ayers in Back Matter
- Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War by David C. Rankin in Back Matter
- The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words by Ronald C. White Jr. in Back Matter
- The Civil War as a Theological Crisis by Mark A. Noll in Back Matter
- Virginia's Civil War by Peter Wallenstein on page 112