For Church and Confederacy: The Lynches of South Carolina

Through letters and other writings, this historical study chronicles an Irish Catholic family's influence on mid-nineteenth–century South Carolina.

For Church and Confederacy unveils the lives of the Lynch family during the late antebellum and Civil War years. Settling in the South Carolina upcountry, Irish immigrants Conlaw and Eleanor Lynch imparted their ambitions to their children, several of whom would make exceptional marks in such areas as education, manufacturing, and religious li...