The Spirit Divided.The Spirit Divided John Wesley Brinsfield, Jr., editor Mercer University Press Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. External link
1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, GA 31207 www.mupress.org 0865549648 $35.00 1-800-634-2378 The Spirit Divided: Memoirs Of Civil War Chaplains, The Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. is a collection of the personal testimonies of chaplains who served during the American Civil War American Civil War or Civil War or War Between the States (1861–65) Conflict between the U.S. federal government and 11 Southern states that fought to secede from the Union. . A surprising amount of hidden depth in human character is presented; many Confederate chaplains write that they opposed secession and submitted to it only when it became clear that war was inevitable, some were active in ministry to black slaves, and some spoke out against the neglect and abuse of those held in slavery before and during the war. While the efforts of individual chaplains may seem easily overlooked amid the institution of slavery and the support it received from religious as well as secular circles, they do reveal that social conscience was not entirely lacking amidst Southern chaplains. An engrossing engrossing, in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e. selection of primary sources, which orders the testimonies according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their context: chapters address memoirs of reporting for duty, ministering at camps, on campaigns, ministry to encourage and lift spirits, ministry at the close of the war, post-Civil War memoirs of ministry during an era of rebuilding. A valuable testimony of the hardships and crises of conscience faced by those who tried to serve both God and man in difficult times. |
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