No Peace for the Wicked: Northern Protestant Soldiers and the American Civil War
Book Details
Author(s)David Rolfs
PublisherUniversity of Tennessee Press
ISBN / ASIN1572336625
ISBN-139781572336629
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Sales Rank2,930,959
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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.
