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Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010)
Description:
This text examines the Civil War from the perspective of the northern laity, those religious civilians whose personal faith influenced their views on politics and slavery, helped them cope with physical separation and death engendered by the war, and enabled them to discern the hand of God in the struggle to preserve the national Union.