Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union (Richard Carwardine -CH) heritage David Gerleman (Contributor)

David Gerleman (Contributor)

massacring thousands of soldiers as the attack converged on a vital crossroads town called Bastogne

yet died before his twenty-second birthday

Powerful modern images enhance an easy-to-read narrative

From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E

Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union (Richard Carwardine -CH) heritage David Gerleman (Contributor)by Richard Carwardine The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincolns contentious appeals to faith based nationalism How did slavery figure in Gods plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to religious tyranny and pulpit politics, in an effort to strip the