As sincere believers marched to subjugate a continent, other Christians had to oppose them

Courageous Christians who worked on behalf of "the least of these" in the Americas

Despised and often attacked, they courageously carried the slaves' cause for thirty years. Why have these inescapably Christian men and women been forgotten?

What did Protestant ministers say about the raging national battle?

Selections from sermons during the Civil War era. From God Ordained This War: Sermons on the Sectional Crisis, 1830–1865 edited by David B. Chesebrough (University of South Carolina press, 1991). Used by permission.

They often risked floggings to worship God.

Christian History editors asked Dr. Charles Reagan Wilson to recommend books that creatively explore Christianity during the Civil War era. Here's his list.

Little-known or remarkable facts about Christianity during the American Civil War

Where was God in this brutal national war? An unbaptized non-churchgoer came up with a profound answer.

Leading people in religion and politics during the Civil War era

These Christian generals helped wage the Civil War, and their faith affected how they did it.

Selections from the most powerful anti-slavery pamphlet ever written

Key reasons advanced by southern church leaders

When slavery divided America's churches, what could hold the nation together?

In the furnace of slavery, a lasting musical form was forged.