Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

Contents

Contents List of Tables and Maps vii Acknowledgments ix introduction. Religion, Religious Minorities, and the American Civil War 1 chapter 1. Politics and Peoplehood in a Restless Republic 17 chapter 2. Our Country Is at War 39 chapter 3. Conscription, Combat, and Virginia’s “War of Self-Defense” 56 chapter 4. Negotiation and Notoriety in Pennsylvania 76 chapter 5. Patterns of Peace and Patriotism in the Midwest 97 chapter 6. The Fighting Comes North 123 chapter 7. Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite Politics 143 chapter 8. Did Jesus Christ Teach Men to War? 163 chapter 9. Resistance and Revenge in Virginia 184 chapter 10. Burning the Shenandoah Valley 197 chapter 11. Reconstructed Nation, Reconstructed Peoplehood 216 appendixes A. The Sonnenberg Petition 235 B. Mennonites Identified on Roll of Exemptions 237 List of Abbreviations 241 Notes 243 References 315 Index 341 vi฀ K฀contents L฀ ...