Excommunicated from the Union: How the Civil War Created a Separate Catholic America by William B. Kurtz
Anti-Catholicism has had a long presence in American history. The Civil War in 1861 gave Catholic Americans a chance to prove their patriotism once and for all. Exploring how Catholics sought to use their participation in the war to counteract religious and political nativism in the United States, Excommunicated from the Union reveals that while the war was an alienating experience for many of 200,000 Catholics who served, they still strove to construct a positive memory of their experiences in order to show that their religion was no barrier to their being loyal American citizens.
William Kurtz is an Assistant Editor at Documents Compass, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. He has published several articles and a book chapter on Catholics in the Civil War.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: The Mexican War and Nativism Chapter Two: Catholics Rally to the Flag Chapter Three: Catholic Soldiers in the Union Army Chapter Four: Priests and Nuns in the Army Chapter Five: Slavery Divides the Church Chapter Six: Catholics' Opposition to the War Chapter Seven: Post-war Anti-Catholicism Chapter Eight: Catholics Remember the Civil War Conclusion Appendices Bibliography
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