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g445cc10n98	Grant R. Brodrecht	'Our Country': Northern Evangelicals and the Union during the Civil War and Reconstruction	2008		.txt	text/plain	356	14	20	These evangelicals went to war to save the Union, with emancipation instrumental, yet incidental, to the cause of Union and the preservation of a Christian people under God's providential hand. Third, focusing on evangelical Unionism also contributes to our understanding of the place and importance of religion in relation to Reconstruction and the failure of the federal government to adequately prepare the ex-slaves for freedom; evangelical Unionists consistently functioned as a brake on radical visions for a racially equitable and inclusive American Union.	cache/g445cc10n98.txt	txt/g445cc10n98.txt