| Author | Lehman, James O.
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| Title | Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.
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| Published | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
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| Description | xi, 353 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
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| ISBN | 978-0-8018-8672-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-8018-8672-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-340) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War -- Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic -- Our country is at war -- Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense" -- Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania -- Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest -- The fighting comes north -- Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics -- Did Jesus Christ teach men to war? -- Resistance and revenge in Virginia -- Burning the Shenandoah Valley -- Reconstructed nation, reconstructed peoplehood.
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| Subjects | Amish -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century.
Amish -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Anabaptists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Mennonites -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century.
Mennonites -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Pacifists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Religious aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 19th century.
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| Other Authors | Nolt, Steven M., 1968-
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| LC Card Number | 2006-101464 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: BX 8116 L44 2007
mq233823: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 140748] |
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