A holy baptism of fire and blood : the Bible and the American Civil War
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
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Book
ISBN
9780190902797, 0190902795
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376 pages ; 25 cm
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Lawson McGhee Library - Books
277.3081 BYRD
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277.3 BYRD
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Language
English
ISBN
9780190902797, 0190902795

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln said both North and South "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." Lincoln quoted several biblical texts in this address - which, according to Frederick Douglass, "sounded more like a sermon than a state paper." The Bible, as Lincoln's famous speech illustrated, saturated the Civil War. In this book, James Byrd offers the most thorough analysis yet of how Americans enlisted scripture to fight the Civil War. As Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the Civil War than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and most respected book. It brought to mind sacred history and sacrifice. It presented a drama of salvation and damnation, of providence and judgement. It was also a book of war. Americans cited the Bible in addressing many wartime issues, including slavery, secession, patriotism, federal versus state authority, white supremacy, and violence. In scripture, both Union and Confederate soldiers found inspiration for dying and killing like never before in the nation's history. With approximately 750,000 fatalities, the Civil War was the deadliest of the nation's wars. Americans fought the Civil War with Bibles in hand, with both sides calling the war just and sacred. This is a book about how Americans enlisted the Bible in the nation's most bloody, and arguably most biblically-saturated war"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Byrd, J. P. (2021). A holy baptism of fire and blood: the Bible and the American Civil War . Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Byrd, James P., 1965-. 2021. A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War. Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Byrd, James P., 1965-. A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War Oxford University Press, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Byrd, James P. A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War Oxford University Press, 2021.

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