2010); Christian G. Samito, Becoming American under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2009); Christian B. Keller, Chancellorsville ...
Hennesey, American Catholics, 182–83; Higham, Strangers in the Land, 52–63; Stephen Railton, “Yankee Anti-Catholicism” and “Fifty Years in the Church of Rome,” Mark Twain, His Times, Catholic Church, ...
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 ...
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 ...
This volume argues that the Civil War had a negative impact on the assimilation and acceptance of Catholics in American society.