Confederate Morale and Church Propaganda
- ISBN-10
- 0844614076
- ISBN-13
- 9780844614076
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1964-06-01
- Publisher
- Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
- Author
- James W. Silver
Description
In this closely documented study, Professor James W. Silver examines the role of the church in the South during the Civil War: What part it played as a powerful social institution in shaping the mind of the South, bringing on secession, and promoting the war, and to what extent its efforts succeeded or failed.
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