Historical background -- Episcopal bishops in the antebellum era -- Secession and church division -- Slave state bishops and civil war -- Northern bishops and civil war -- Aftermath--the perspective of the national church -- Aftermath from the diocesan perspective and concluding observations
Summary
"Focuses on the way Northern and Southern Episcopal bishops confronted and responded to the issues and events of their turbulent times ... Dorn devotes the final chapters to the postwar reunification of the Episcopal Church and Southern bishops' involvement in establishing the Commission on Freedmen to offer help with the educational and spiritual needs of the recently emancipated slaves"--Jacket
