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Posted by Brian Tubbs Apr 12, 2007 |
On this day in 1861, the American Civil War began with artillery fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The shots fired on April 12 were the culmination of a months-long standoff between the newly formed government of the seceded southern states and those states still loyal to the Union. Following Fort Sumter, more southern states joined the Confederacy - and the American Civil War was on. The Civil War remains the bloodiest war ever fought on American soil.
The Civil War didn't just take place on the battlefield. It was also fought in the pulpit. Here are two links that provide information, essays, sermons, etc. on this important aspect of the costliest war ever fought in North America:
Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Side
Recent Historiography on Religion and the American Civil War
Abolition and Religion in the Civil War
...and a moving music video from the film Gods and Generals. It's worth a few minutes of your time.