Proscribed Preachers, New Churches: Civil Wars in the Illinois Protestant Churches During the...

Authors :: Andreasen, Bryon C.
Source :: Civil War History. Sep1998, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p194. 18p.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Looks at the role of Protestant churches and proscribed preachers in Illinois during the Civil War 1861 to 1865 in the United States. Information on John Van Buren Flack, a proscribed preacher; What happened after Flack's refusal to join the Union League's local chapter in Knox County; Details on Rumsey Smithson, a Methodist minister.

Subjects :: *PROTESTANT churches
*PREACHING
*HISTORY
*NINETEENTH century
RELIGION & the American Civil War, 1861-1865

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