Faith of the Fathers

Acknowledgements


Foreword by James McPherson


Introduction by Robert J. Miller


Introductory Essay by Catholic Chaplains in America Prior to the Civil War


Part 1. Troubled Times, Willing Men, Faithful Work


1. Pre-War Issues affecting Catholic Chaplains


2. Towards a Roster of Catholic Civil War Chaplains


3. The War-Time Ministry of Catholic Chaplains


Part 2. The Giants of Catholic Chaplaincy


4. The Original "Fighting Irish" - Notre Dame Chaplains


5. "God's Marines" - Jesuit Chaplains


6. Other Religious who Served as Chaplains


7. Prominent Diocesan Chaplains


Part 3. Difficult Situations and Unique Men


8. Catholic Hospital Chaplains


9. Chaplains for the Irish


10. Chaplains in the "West" - Mississippi and New Mexico


11. Unconventional Chaplains in Unique Situations


Part 4. From the Vantage Point of History


12. In Retrospect - Consequences, Challenges, Changes


13. Conclusions and Lessons


Epilogue


Appendix 1. American Civil War Bishops


Appendix 2. Statistics


Bibliography


Index

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• Guerra Civil Americana
• Catolicismo romano, igreja católica romana
• História das Américas
• Biografia: histórica, política e militar
• História moderna para o século 20: c1700 a c 1900

US Catholic priests; Faith in the American Civil War; religious history in the U.S.; Holy Joes; United States history; Union Catholicism; Confederate Catholicism; did Catholics serve in the Civil War?