A Shield and a Hiding Place
"Gardiner Shattuck's book is a splendid contribution to Civil War historiography.  The first study to compare the religious life of the Union and Confederate armies, it also offers shrewd insights into the nature of Northern and Southern society.  I found particularly impressive his account of the way that military defeat helped rejuvenate the religious tradition of the South.  This is an important and provocative book." --David Herbert Donald, author Lincoln"Shattuck's comparative study of the role of religion in the Union and Confederate armies provides fresh evidence of the difference between Northern and Southern society, and his analysis of the different roles religion played in the two armies shows why cultural analysis is essential to understanding both Northern victory and Southern response to defeat.  Everyone interested in nineteenth-century American religion will find this book a useful beginning point for reevaluating the intellectual history of Civil War America....[Shattuck] brings together in one volume significant new data and puts it in a very helpful comparative context." --John B. Boles, The Journal of Southern History"The strength of this work lies in its comparative approach to the relationship between religion and culture.  Shattuck has done a wonderful job of conveying the complex concepts of the roles of religion in both northern and southern societies....its fine analysis carries this volume and makes it indispensable reading for Civil War scholars." --Georgia Historical Quarterly, Summer 1988