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<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 statu
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edward Needles Wright
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781512819427
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Ethics, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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