No peace for the wicked : northern Protestant soldiers and the American Civil War / David Rolfs.

Author: Rolfs, David.

Imprint:Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2009.

Descriptionxix, 283 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The role of religion in the American Civil War -- Covenant and revival -- Forward into the Red Sea of war -- For family and country -- The great northern crusade -- God's will -- A divine judgment -- Embracing emancipation -- Compromise and conflict -- Soldiers of Christ -- Appendix: prayers of the Christian soldier.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-269) and index.

Note:The first comprehensive work of its kind, David Rolfs' No Peace for the Wicked sheds new light on the Northern Protestant soldiers' religious worldview and the various ways they used it to justify and interpret their wartime experiences. Drawing extensively from the letters, diaries and published collections of hundreds of religious soldiers, Rolfs effectively resurrects both these soldiers' religious ideals and their most profound spiritual doubts and conflicts. No Peace for the Wicked also explores the importance of "just war" theory in the formulation of Union military strategy and tactics, and examines why the most religious generation in U.S. history fought America's bloodiest war. --from publisher description

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