Gettysburg religion : refinement, diversity, and race in the antebellum and Civil War border north

"In the borderland between freedom and slavery, Gettysburg remains among the most legendary Civil War landmarks. A century and a half after the great battle, Cemetery Hill, the Seminary and its ridge, and the Peach Orchard remain powerful memories for their embodiment of the small-town North an...

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Main Author: Longenecker, Stephen L., 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Series:North's Civil War.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Divertimento : Samuel Simon and Catherine Steenbergen Schmucker
  • Chapter 1. Town and Region
  • Divertimento: Salome "Sallie" Myers
  • Chapter 2. Refinement : In Theory
  • Chapter 3. Refinement : In Practice
  • Divertimento: The Codoris
  • Chapter 4. Diversity : Ethnicity and Doctrine
  • Divertimento : Abraham and Elizabeth Brien
  • Chapter 5. Diversity : Race
  • Divertimento : Mary and Joseph Sherfy
  • Chapter 6. War
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Thaddeus Stevens
  • Appendix B. Coda.