Conscientious Objectors in the Civil War / / Edward Needles Wright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wright, Edward Needles,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1931]; ©1931
• Year of Publication: 1931
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

The term "conscientious objector" was not in use during the Civil War, but the concept certainly existed. This engrossing volume studies 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 type 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 World War I.The facts presented in this volume are of historical interest; the conclusions the author draws, however, are as relevant and important today as they have been during any period in American history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I-The Noncombatant Religious Sects Of The Civil War -- Chapter II-Struggle In The North For Political 39 Recognition -- Chapter III-Struggle In The South For Political Recognition -- Chapter IV-Attitude Of The Civil Authorities Toward Conscientious Objectors -- Chapter V-Attitude Of The Military Authorities Toward Conscientious Objectors -- Chapter VI-Official Attitude Of The Noncombatant Sects -- Chapter VII-The Civil War And The World War-A Comparison In Conscientious Objection -- Bibliography -- Index