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In the spring of 1861, young men throughout the Northern states
rallied around the Union flag, eager to punish the Confederate
renegades who had brazenly inaugurated civil war by firing on Fort
Sumter. Often driven by their Protestant religious beliefs, many
northern soldiers believed they were enlisting in a just war to
save their Christian government from a "wicked" Southern rebellion.
These Protestant soldiers' faith was severely tested by the
hardships and tragedies they experienced in the Civil War. The vast
majority easily justified their wartime service by reminding
themselves and their loved ones that they were engaged in a holy
cause to preserve the world's only Christian republic. Others were
genuinely haunted by the horrific violence of a seemingly endless
civil war, and began to entertain serious doubts about their faith.
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.
David Rolfs earned his doctorate at Florida State University and is
currently an instructor of history at Maclay College Preparatory
School in Tallahassee, Florida.
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