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Apparently some got to the blog by searching “civil war caused by calvinism vs arminianism.” Now, if for some reason someone was taught the American Civil War was caused because of the Calvinist and Arminian debate, they need to read a bit of history (I highly recommend this book review by a highly esteemed blogger). [...]
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Mitchell Snay, Gospel of Disunion; Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993) 265 pp.
Gospel of Disunion by Mitchell Snay provides an analysis of Southern religion, identifying it as a key factor in Confederate nationalism and eventual secession. Snay is a good writer and researcher who does an excellent job in [...]
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James M. McPherson, This Mighty Scourge; Perspectives on the Civil War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007) 260pp.
James McPherson’s This Mighty Scourge is a set of sixteen essays dealing with the origins and repercussions of the Civil War. It is an ambitious work that seeks to give the reader an understanding of why the country went [...]
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While it may be widely believed the Confederacy was a unified whole, every man, woman and child believing in the cause and willing to die for it, the reality was far from that. At the beginning of the war there may have been a general feeling of patriotism and perhaps even nationalism, not every [...]
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(This is part 2 of 3, go here for part 1)
The slaveholding women were not the only ones in the Southern states who had strict standards of womanhood. For the yeoman white woman similar standards still held, although with a greater degree of mobility. Religion played an important role in this area, with [...]
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Scarlett Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Laura F. Edwards presents a view of Southern life for women of varying ages, social classes and races. She sheds light on the incredible hardships, repression, racism and outright aggression that women faced during some of the most troubling times in our country’s history. Edwards looks at [...]
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Decentralized national governments, searching for untested solutions to unprecedented challenges, would continue to rely on the volunteer enthusiasms of its citizens to offset improvised and disorganized military and political bureaucracies. Whichever side could mobilize and sustain that spirit more efficiently would gain the advantage. Yet both sides quickly learned that Mars is a [...]
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This weekend marks the 146th anniversary of the battle at Wilson’s Creek (more properly called Wilson Creek), the second major battle of the Civil War as well as the first major battle in the west. Wilson Creek is only a few miles out of Springfield and a wonderful place to visit. When you [...]
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Bugles and a Tiger by John Masters
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George MacDonald Fraser
