Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union (Richard Carwardine -CH) tickets thousands greeted Grant’s return at

thousands greeted Grant’s return at San Francisco heralding him as a national hero

The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies

to tell their stories

based on extensive primary accounts

These first soldiers were the catalyst for the skirmish at Lexington Green

Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union (Richard Carwardine -CH) tickets thousands greeted Grant’s return atby Richard Carwardine The first major account of the American Civil War to give full weight to the central role played by religion, reframing the conflict through Abraham Lincolns contentious appeals to faith based nationalism How did slavery figure in Gods plan? Was it the providential role of government to abolish this sin and build a righteous nation? Or did such a mission amount to religious tyranny and pulpit politics, in an effort to strip the