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By the Grace of God: as the nation spiraled through rancor and discord to the Civil War, Americans both North and South experienced a miraculous and unprecedented revival of religious devotion.(HISTORY--FAITH IN ACTION)
"Christmas! Christmas! resounded through the camp this morning, the young artilleryman wrote in his diary, a smile on his face as he thought back upon the happiness of the day. Stifling a cough for he had come down with a terrible cold, he counted his blessings nevertheless. Christmas Day, 1862, had a been a fine, quiet day at the Union camp at Lumpkin's Mill, Mississippi, and that day had ended with a simple Christmas meal of Uncle Sam's best dumplings and unleavened bread.
As he sat in his tent reviewing the day and considering what else to write in his diary, Jenkin Jones, a 19-year-old volunteer from the tiny farming community of Spring Green, Wisconsin, ...
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...interpretation of the United States Civil War that differs from...took shape in the United States in the quarter-century...England and in the United States from 1931 to 1945...the coming of the Civil War--had Lincoln been...
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Check out the United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University by going on-line to www...edu. To accomplish its mission of promoting the study of the Civil War from Northern and Southern perspectives, this site helps direct...
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...Lincoln had been in office less than four months, and he had a civil war on his hands. To make matters worse, his most senior advisor...into or out of the Confederate states. In April 1861, the United States became a nation divided--a nation at war--when Confederate...
Source: HighBeam Research, By the Grace of God: as the nation spiraled through rancor and...