Civil War saints
By: Kenneth L. Alford
Publisher: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Deseret Book Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Provo, Utah; Salt Lake City
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780842528160
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Mormons; History
Description: Collection of essays and articles about the US Civil War, with a focus on, but not limited to, people who were either members or later became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Topics include historical facts about actual events, people, landmarks, and stories; most of which are connected to the US Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to Civil War : the Utah War's impact and legacy / William P. MacKinnon; title: Overview of the Civil War / Sherman L. Fleek; title: "Have we not had a prophet among us?" : Joseph Smith's Civil War prophecy / Scott C. Esplin; title: Abraham Lincoln and the Mormons / Mary Jane Woodger; title: Rumors of secession in the Utah Territory : 1847/61 / Craig A. Manscill; title: "We know no North, no South, no East, no West" : Mormon interpretations of the Civil War, 1861/65 / Richard E. Bennett; title: "What means this carnage?" : the Civil War in Mormon thought / Brett D. Dowdle; title: The Lot Smith Cavalry Company : Utah goes to war / Joseph R. Stuart and Kenneth L. Alford; title: Protecting the home front : the Utah territorial militia during the Civil War / Ephraim D. Dickson III; title: What's in a name? : the establishment of Camp Douglas / Kenneth L. Alford and William P. MacKinnon; title: Mormon motivation for enlisting in the Civil War / Brant W. Ellsworth and Kenneth L. Alford; title: Indian relations in Utah during the Civil War / Kenneth L. Alford; title: The Bear River massacre : new historical evidence / Harold Schindler ; with addendum by Ephriam D. Dickson III; title: Latter-day Saint emigration during the Civil War / William G. Hartley; title: Utah and the Civil War press / Kenneth L. Alford; title: LDS Civil War stories : Union and Confederate soldiers / Robert C. Freeman; title: War's aftermath : reconstruction, abolition, and polygamy / Andrew C. Skinner; title: Mormons and the Grand Army of the Republic / Kenneth L. Alford; title: "This splendid outpouring of welcome" : Salt Lake City and the 1909 national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic / Ardis E. Parshall.