A shield and hiding place
Subtitle: the religious life of the Civil War armies
By: by Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Macon, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: United States. Army -- Religious life -- History -- 19th century.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Religious life.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects.
Description: "Religion, once an element that united American?s of all regions, became yet another ideological factor that divided the North and the South during the Civil War. Gardiner H. Shattuck offers the first comprehensive survey of the place of religion in the Civil War armies, focusing on the differences in the relationship between religion and culture in the North and the South. In doing so, Shattuck provides important evidence about the religious, social, and cultural composition of the United States in both the North and the South during the nineteenth century"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [137]-156.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Harvard University, 1980)
Includes index.