Nolt, Steven M.; Lehman, James O.

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

List of Tables and Maps vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Religion, Religious Minorities, and the American Civil War 1(16) Politics and Peoplehood in a Restless Republic 17(22) Our Country Is at War 39(17) Conscription, Combat, and Virginia's ``War of Self-Defense'' 56(20) Negotiation and Notoriety in Pennsylvania 76(21) Patterns of Peace and Patriotism in the Midwest 97(26) The Fighting Comes North 123(20) Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite Politics 143(20) Did Jesus Christ Teach Men to War? 163(21) Resistance and Revenge in Virginia 184(13) Burning the Shenandoah Valley 197(19) Reconstructed Nation, Reconstructed Peoplehood 216(25) Appendixes A. The Sonnenberg Petition 235(2) B. Mennonites Identified on Roll of Exemptions 237(4) List of Abbreviations 241(2) Notes 243(72) References 315(26) Index 341