“Can We Not Consider Ourselves Blessed in Enduring This Baptism of Blood?”: A Thanksgiving 1862 Civil War Sermon on Emancipation, Providence, and National Redemption.
N.p. November 27, 1862. 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, 10 pp, stitched binding. During the Civil War, Northern clergy used sermons, both on holidays and regular Sunday services, to interpret the conflict for their congregations. These included several notable Thanksgiving Day sermons.[1] Thanksgiving 1862 carried particular emotional and political.....