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Conscientious Objectors in the Civil War

Edward Needles Wright

出版	Pickle Partners Publishing, 2018-12-05
主題	History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / Military / United StatesHistory / Modern / 19th Century
ISBN	17891254489781789125443
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2H6jDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

The term “conscientious objector” was not in use during the Civil War, but the concept certainly existed. This engrossing volume is an authoritative, thoroughly researched study of the whole problem of objection to warfare on religious or moral grounds, as it existed during the Civil War. The author covers five major areas: the types of individuals and which religious denominations were actually opposed to the war on conscientious grounds; what efforts were made on behalf of objectors and what changes took place in their political status; the attitude of the civil and military authorities toward objectors; the number of objectors; and, finally, a comparison of the problem of conscientious objection in the Civil War with the same problem as it existed for the United States during the First World War.

The facts presented in this volume are of historical interest; the conclusions the author draws, however, are, if anything, more relevant and important today than they were during any other period in American history.