Excommunicated from the Union
How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America
Seiten
2015
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-6886-3 (ISBN)
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-6886-3 (ISBN)
The American Civil War helped to isolate Catholics further from the rest of American society. The service of Catholic soldiers in the Union Army did not eradicate nativism or anti-Catholicism because so many other Catholic northerners prominently opposed the war and emancipation.
Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all. Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious and political nativism in the United States, Excommunicated from the Union reveals that while the war was an alienating experience for many of 200,000 Catholics who served, they still strove to construct a positive memory of their experiences in order to show that their religion was no barrier to their being loyal American citizens.
Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all. Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious and political nativism in the United States, Excommunicated from the Union reveals that while the war was an alienating experience for many of 200,000 Catholics who served, they still strove to construct a positive memory of their experiences in order to show that their religion was no barrier to their being loyal American citizens.
William B. Kurtz is managing director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia and author of Excommunicated from the Union: How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America (Fordham University Press, 2015).
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: The Mexican War and Nativism Chapter Two: Catholics Rally to the Flag Chapter Three: Catholic Soldiers in the Union Army Chapter Four: Priests and Nuns in the Army Chapter Five: Slavery Divides the Church Chapter Six: Catholics' Opposition to the War Chapter Seven: Post-war Anti-Catholicism Chapter Eight: Catholics Remember the Civil War Conclusion Appendices Bibliography
| Reihe/Serie | The North's Civil War |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8232-6886-1 / 0823268861 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8232-6886-3 / 9780823268863 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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