424 pages
13 photographs, 18 illustrations, index
List of Illustrations
Preface: The First Duty
Acknowledgments
1. America’s Original Sin: Slavery from 1619 to 1790
2. A Struggle to the Death: War Cannot Be Separated from Ideology, Politics, or Religion
3. I Hate Them with Perfect Hatred: Religion, Ideology, and Modern War
4. They Shall Be Your Bond-Men Forever: Human Beings as Property
5. The Privilege of Belonging to the Superior Race: Slavery and National Expansion
6. A Gross Violation of a Sacred Pledge: Collapse of the Whig Party
7. I Will Be Heard!: Religion, Ideology, and the Abolitionist Movement
8. An Institution Sanctioned by God: Southern Religious Support of Slavery
9. The Triumphs of Christianity Rest on Slavery: Holy Warriors at the Forefront
10. With God as Our Champion: The Confederate Union of Church and State
11. They Have Closed the Heavy Doors: The Dred Scott Decision
12. Portents Hang on All the Arches of the Horizon: The Bloody Battle for Kansas
13. General Jackson Is Dead: The Lecompton Constitution Controversy
14. Cuba Must Be Ours: Fire-Eaters and Filibusters Spread Slavery
15. The Final Kingdom Has Arisen: Hubris and Fanaticism Bring On the War
16. The South Will Never Submit: Lincoln and the Choice for Secession and War
17. Whom the Gods Intend to Destroy: The Madness of Southern Extremists
18. The Heather Is On Fire: Politics, Religion, and War
19. Sound the Loud Timbrel: The Emancipation Proclamation
20. I Knew What I Was Fighting For: Black Soldiers in the Civil War and After
21. Reconstruction and Redemption: The Failure to Win the Peace
22. The Failure of Will: Reconstruction’s End and Return to White Rule
23. A New Religion: The Noble Confederacy and the Lost Cause
Epilogue: The Past Is Always Present
Notes
Bibliography
Index