Faith in the Fight

by Brinsfield, John Wesley, Jr.; Davis, William C.; Maryniak, Benedict; Robertson, James I.

• ISBN13: 9780811700177
• ISBN10: 0811700178
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

For both the Union and Confederate soldiers, religion was the greatest sustainer of morale in the Civil War, and faith was a refuge in times of need. Guarding and guiding the spiritual well-being of the fighters, the army chaplain was a voice of hope and reason in an otherwise chaotic military existence. The clerics' duties did not end after Sunday prayers; rather, many ministers could be found performing daily regimental duties, and some even found their way onto fields of battle.

Author Biography

Chaplain (Colonel) John W. Brinsfield is the Chaplain Corps Historian for the U.S. Army. He has taught in the History Department at West Point and the U.S. Army War College, and currently teaches at the U.S. Army Chaplain School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina William C. Davis is Director of Programs for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and Professor of History at Virginia Tech, as well as the author of more than forty books on Civil War and Southern history Benedict Maryniak is a lifelong student of the Civil War, and has served as a member of the Buffalo Civil War Round Table and President of the Lancaster, New York, Historical Society James I. Robertson is the author of several books on the Civil War, and is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, as well as Executive Director of Programs for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Essays
Union Military Chaplains, Benedict Maryniak	3	(48)
The Chaplains of the Confederacy, John W. Brinsfield	51	(46)
In Their Own Words
Confederate Chaplains in Their Own Words	97	(20)
A Yankee Chaplain Remembers	117	(12)
Rosters
Union Chaplains	129	(82)
Confederate Chaplains	211