No. 4 The American Civil War: Bringing Unity Or Religion?

With the election of 1860 resulting in Abraham Lincoln as the next president, the outraged southern states responded to this by seceding from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, wanting to keep the country together and not having to be split in two was forced to declare war on the southern states, ultimately resulting in the American Civil War. The war began in April of 1861 when the Confederate Army took over Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The war was long and bloody. Over 600,000 men on both sides died. Over 1,100,000 were injured. manyt hings had shifted after teh war, Slaves being freed was the biggest, but the one thing that is commonly misinterpreted or overlooked is religion. Many can say that some believed the war was a moral calling to free the slaves in the south, but with the war bringing death and many wives/husbands being widowed, the war made more people turn to religion as a means of escapism and thus creating an amazing uprising in the country’s morality.

Civil War & Religion Photo Album

~ by tfruge on October 30, 2007.