Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2013
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Heritage, Scholarly Bulletin of the Virginia Conference Historical Society of the United Methodist Church
Volume
XXXIX
Issue
2
First Page
8
Last Page
18
Date of Submission
May 2014
Abstract
This article explores how the Methodist Church tended to the spiritual needs of the soldiers in the Confederate Army. The church supplied 448 chaplains to the Army, but there were never enough to meet the needs of the troops. The church worked to mitigate this problem by establishing the Soldiers' Tract Association in 1862 and by sometimes working with churches of other denominations to support the soldiers.
Rights
Copyright, Margaret T. Kidd
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