Posted on Mar 26, 2017
Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Perspective, The Nineteenth Century, Divining America:...
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"After Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in April 1861, the vast majority of Northern religious bodies—with the exception of the historic "peace" churches which on principle adhered to pacifism—ardently supported the war for the Union. Of these groups, Protestants still enjoyed a significant numerical and cultural dominance in the 1860s. Catholics and Jews provided notable (and heretofore insufficiently researched) support for the war; but Protestants, given their numbers and position in American life, contributed religious or theological justifications of the war that had wider social and political impact. To examine Protestant attitudes in the 1860s is thus to learn much about the popular mood and motivations of Northerners as their "boys" marched off to war. We will look at three of these attitudes of Northern Protestants:"
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Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Perspective, The Nineteenth Century, Divining America:...
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TSgt Dawn Premock
Thank you for the history lesson. I didn't know how much religion was a part of the Civil War.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
TSgt Dawn Premock - The two songs (the same melody) that the North marched to war with were openly religious, the milder of the two was the openly religious and openly harsh Battle Hymn, and John Browns body, the original was downright brutal.
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Every war is usually named with some type of religious belief. It's how we justify killing each other. :(
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Thank you for the great and well done article. Have a great day.
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Thanks SFC Mary , That was an amazing piece , Just goes to show that God works in mysterious ways and so to speak go through the wine press to get us into the promised land to the point that President Lincoln died on Good Friday !!!! Praise The Lord !!!!
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
SGT Robert George - And it that case that "God's control" ended up with 600,000 dead Americans,
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SGT Robert George
1stSgt Nelson Kerr - Probably all 600, 000 had some kind of religious convictions but thats not the end all for the loss and the statement was essentially saying the war was a stalemate until the north was fully committed to freeing slaves and thats where Im coming from that they were coming more in line with Gods will , His will be done with or without us or another 600,000 of us might have to die till we learn our lesson ... God is God and he is not a respecter of persons and there are highly honorable people on both sides People look at it one way and God looks at things totally different And The free will that he gave us will allow this crap to go on until it implodes .. everyone of us are the problem not the enemy but the enemy is us ... Its not how religious a person may be or look like or even a preacher but more like a relationship with the One true God , Knowing him through his word and doing his will !!! Those 600,000 you mention are not dead as we know it , but are more alive then we are in the spirit ...
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SGT Robert George - Both side thought they were obeying gods will, and that was my point, Just as both sides say god is on their side in any religious war. Hell many of the Nazis claimed god was on their side.
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SGT Robert George
I know , Im not disputing what your saying !!! God is with whoever is doing or trying to do his will Its not about us or them or anybody else , thats all generic Its about the person and God ... Acts 10:34
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