Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments T heresearchforthisvolumerestsondecadesofworkindozensoflibraries and archives, and has thereby incurred debts too numerous tomention.Referencesinthenotesandbibliographyacknowledge the many resources on which we drew. Special thanks go to the Spruance Library of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the Montgomery County (Pa.) Historical Society Library at Norristown for full access to their collections and for their special efforts in digging deeply into, and making available, unprocessed materials. Other Pennsylvania depositories whose collections and staff aided this study include the Library Company of Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Union League Collection , all of Philadelphia; Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania ; and Berks County Historical Society, Reading, Pennsylvania. Extensive newspaper research was possible at the fine newspaper collections of the Lancaster (Pa.) Public Library; Lancaster (Pa.) Historical Society; and Franklin and Marshall College Library, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Further west, the United States Army Military History Institute at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania State Archives and Pennsylvania State Library at Harrisburg, along with the Franklin County (Pa.) Public Library were quite helpful, as was the Juniata College Library, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. In Maryland, staff at the local history rooms of the Washington County Public Library provided warm assistance. The Ohio Historical Center in Columbus provided significant materials and helpful collections of newspapers for counties with Mennonite and Amish communities. The Wayne County (Ohio) Public Library and its local history section, and Wayne County Courthouse records proved helpful, as did other county libraries or historical societies in Ohio, Indiana , Illinois, and Iowa, along with the Indiana and Illinois State Libraries and Archives. The staff of the Elkhart County (Ind.) Historical Society wasexceptionallyaccommodating,evenallowingresearchinonecaseduring off-season hours when the archives was otherwise closed. In Virginia, the Virginia Historical Society provided very helpful lists of Mennonite men of conscience. Public libraries in Rockingham and Augusta counties furnished important material as well. Mennonite historical libraries and archives were especially helpful: Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, Pennsylvania; Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite Historical Library; Menno Simons Historical Library and Archives , Harrisonburg, Virginia; and Archives of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Historical Library, both of Goshen, Indiana, were especially important collections, each managed by extraordinarily knowledgeable and helpful staff. Individuals who provided access to private papers included Christian Kurtz and Wilmer Reinford in Pennsylvania; Alta Schrock and Roy Showalter in Maryland; and Leroy Beachy and Oscar R. Miller in Ohio. Miller’s collection supplemented the Holmes County Public Library. Finally , we are grateful to the many individuals who shared diaries, letters, and other sources from their private and family connections. Our respective academic institutions supported this project in various ways. Eastern Mennonite University provided time, including a 1979– 80 sabbatical and other resources to James Lehman. The Inter-Library Loan office at Goshen’s Harold and Wilma Good Library filled countless requests from Steven Nolt. A grant from Goshen College’s Mininger Center and from the college’s Plowshares program supplied key financial support. Craig A. Mast, a highly skilled Goshen College history major, performedexcellenteditorialworkonthebook’stext,notes,andmapsand compiled the bibliography. Special thanks go to Edsel Burdge Jr., Theron F. Schlabach, Joseph C. Liechty, and two anonymous peer reviewers, who provided helpful comment and critique. Donald B. Kraybill, series editor for the Johns Hopkins University Press’s Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies x฀ K฀acknowledgments L฀ provided wonderful guidance. Acquisitions editor Claire McCabe Tamberino shepherded this project at the Press, and manuscript editor Elizabeth Yoder polished our prose. Finally, we wish to extend our deepest thanks to our families for their generous support and patience during the many years this project was underway. ฀ K฀acknowledgments L฀ xi This page intentionally left blank Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War This page intentionally left blank ...