Excommunicated from the Union: How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America

ISBN-10: 0823268861
ISBN-13: 9780823268863
Series: Excommunicated from the Union
Category: Slavery and the church
Pages: 236
Language: English
Published: 2016
Author: William Burton Kurtz

Description

The Mexican War and nativism -- Catholics rally to the flag -- Catholic soldiers in the Union Army -- Priests and nuns in the Army -- Slavery divides the church -- Catholics' opposition to the war -- Post-war anti-Catholicism -- Catholics remember the Civil War