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Tabernacles in the wilderness : the US Christian Commission on the Civil War battlefront /

"Tabernacles in the Wildcerness discusses the work of the United States Christian Commission (USCC), a civilian relief agency established by northern evangelical Protestants to minister to Union troops during the American Civil War. USCC workers saw in the Civil War not only a wrathful judgment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Rachel, 1987- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2024]
Series:Interpreting the Civil War.
Subjects:
United States Christian Commission.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Religious aspects > Christianity.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Civilian relief.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Table of Contents:
  • "God has commanded us to go forward"
  • Christian manliness and the volunteer delegate system
  • Female war work and the Christian Commission
  • Evangelization and the printed word
  • Preaching and praying
  • Clothing the Union soldier's body
  • The gospel of the loaf
  • Death, salvation, and the Christian Commission
  • "See what the Lord hath wrought."