American Civil War and
SDA Church
Bibliography by Gary Shearer
Adventist
Studies Librarian
Pacific Union College Library
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Brock, Peter. Freedom From Violence: Sectarian Non-resistance From
the Middle Ages to the Great War. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1991. Chapter 21, "American Seventh-day Adventists During
the Civil War," pp.230-245; Notes, pp.349-353.
Her. Coll. BT736.6 .B76 1991
Brock, Peter. Pacifism in the United States: From the Colonial Era
to the First World War. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,
1968. SDA's in the Civil War, pp.845,846,852-861,865.
JX1944 .B75
Butler, Jonathan M. "Adventism and the American Experience." In The
Rise of Adventism. Edited by Edwin S. Gaustad. New York: Harper and
Row, 1974. Pp.183-190.
Her. Coll. BR525 .R57 1974 (2nd copy in main collection)
Christian, Lewis Harrison. The Fruitage of Spiritual Gifts. Washington,
DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1947. Chapter 7, "Why
an American?," pp.86-96. Civil War discussed, pp.88-96.
Her. Coll. BX6149 .C47 1947 (2nd copy in White collection)
Coon, Roger W. The Great Visions of Ellen G. White, Volume 1.
Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1992. Chapter
6, "The Civil War Vision - 'The Veil,' January 12,1861," pp.76-89.
Her. Coll. BX6149.1 .V57 C66 v.1 (2nd copy in White collection)
Davis, Roger Guion. Conscientious Cooperators: The Seventh-day Adventists
and Military Service, 1860-1945. Ph.D. dissertation. Washington,
DC: George Washington University, 1968. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms
International, 1970. 256p. Unpublished doctoral dissertation.
Her. Coll. BX6122.6 .M5 D3
Durand, Eugene F. Yours in the Blessed Hope, Uriah Smith. Ph.D.
dissertation, George Washington University, 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: University
Microfilms International, 1978. "Freedom and Union," pp.86-98.
Her. Coll. BX6143 .S6 D8
Durand, Eugene F. Yours in the Blessed Hope, Uriah Smith. Washington,
DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1980. "Slavery and the
Civil War," pp.99-107.
Her. Coll. BX6143 .S6 D8 1980 (2nd copy in main collection)
Hammond, Richard Julian. The Life and Work of Uriah Smith. M.A.
thesis. Takoma Park, MD: Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 1944. "Smith's
Relation to Politics," pp.75-80.
Her. Coll. BX6143 .S6 H3 1944
Lessons in Denominational History. Washington, DC: General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists/Department of Education, 1942. Chapter 28, "Civil
War Perplexities," pp.144-148.
Her. Coll. BX6111.85 .S4 L4
Loughborough, John N. Rise and Progress of the Seventh-day Adventists.
Battle Creek, MI: General Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists,
1892. Chapter 21, "The Civil War in the United States," pp.235-245.
Her. Coll. BX6115.2 .L6
Mole, Robert L. God Also Loves Military People: A Brief Story of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church and the American Military Chaplaincy, 1860-1976.
Washington, DC: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 1977. Chapter
1, "The Adventist Church and the American Military: 1860-1865," pp.10-24.
Her. Coll. BX6128.9 .S47 M6 1977
Mole, Robert L. He Called Some to be Chaplains, Volume 1: The
Genesis of the Adventist Chaplaincy. Washington, DC: General Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists, 1982. Chapter 1, "The Adventist Church
and the American Military: 1860-1865," pp.10-24.
Her. Coll. BX6128.9 .S47 M6 1982 v.1
Nichol, Francis D. Ellen G. White and Her Critics. Washington,
DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1951. Chapter 9, "The
Civil War Predictions," pp.112-130.
Her. Coll. BX6148.7 .N5 1951 (2nd copy in White collection)
Reynolds, Louis B. We Have Tomorrow. Washington, DC/Hagerstown,
MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1984. Chapter 2, "A
Beginning Out of a Tragic War," pp.29-45.
Her. Coll. BX6117.6 .B57 C56 1984 (2nd copy in main collection)
Rice, Ronald Curt. A Changing Attitude: Adventism and American Nationalism,
1831-1865. M.A. thesis. Wheaton, IL: Wheaton College, 1979. Pp.80-84.
Her. Coll. BX6116 .R5
Schwarz, Richard W. Light Bearers to the Remnant. Mountain View,
CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1979. Pp.98-103.
Her. Coll. BX6115.4 .S3 (2nd copy in main collection)
Schwarz, Richard W. and Floyd Greenleaf. Light Bearers: A History
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Revised and Updated Edition.
Nampa, ID: Pacific Press, 2000. The SDA church and the American Civil
War, pp.95-99.
Her. Coll. BX6115.4 .S3 2000 (2nd copy in main collection)
Spalding, Arthur W. Origin and History of Seventh-day Adventists,
Volume 1. Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1961.
Chapter 18, "The Bitter War Years," pp.312-333.
Her. Coll. BX6115.4 .S68 (2nd copy in main collection)
Vande Vere, Emmett K. Windows: Selected Readings in Seventh-day Adventist
Church History, 1844-1922. Nashville: Southern Publishing Association,
1975. "Civil War Worries," pp.152-157.
Her. Coll. BX6115.1 .V3
White, Arthur L. Ellen G. White, Volume 1: The Early Years,
1827-1862. Washington, DC/Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing
Association, 1985. Chapter 31, "The Clouds of War," pp.462-475.
Her. Coll. BX6148.4 .W442 v.1 (2nd copy in White collection)
White, Arthur L. Ellen G. White, Volume 2: The Progressive
Years, 1862-1876. Washington, DC/Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald
Publishing Association, 1986. Chapter 3 (1863), "Seventh-day Adventists
and the Civil War in the United States," pp.34-45; Chapter 4 (1863), "Meeting
Two Major Problems," pp.46-53; Chapter 8 (1864-1865), "The
War and Its Unexpected Close," pp.99-109.
Her. Coll. BX6148.4 .W442 v.2 (2nd copy in White collection)
White, Ellen G. Testimonies for the Church, Volume 1. Mountain
View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1948. Pp.253-268,355-368,716-717.
Her. Coll. BX6146 .T31 1948 v.1 (2nd copy in White collection)
Wilcox, Francis McLellan. Seventh-day Adventists in Time of War.
Washington, DC: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1936. "Recognized
as Noncombatants in American Civil War," pp.57-65.
Her. Coll. BX6122.6 .M53 W5
Wright, Edward Needles. Conscientious Objectors in the Civil War.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931. 274p. Although the
term "SDA" appears but once, the book is pertinent to SDA studies.
UB342 .U5 W7 1931
Brock, Peter. "The Problem of the Civil War: When Seventh-day Adventists First Faced War." Adventist Heritage 1 (January 1974): 23-27. Selections from the author's book, Pacifism in the United States.
Bulzis, Nino. "Military Service and the Adventist Position - 1: The Challenge of Wartime Service." Adventist Review 160 (February 17,1983): 6-7.
Bulzis, Nino. "Military Service and the Adventist Position - 2: Adventists and Noncombatancy." Adventist Review 160 (February 24,1983): 6-8.
Knight, George R. "Adventists at War: 1862-1865." Adventist Review 168 (April 4,1991): 13-15.
Spalding, Arthur W. "Baptism of Blood." RH 127 (August 31,1950): 12.
White, William C. "Sketches and Memories of James and Ellen G. White, XXXVIII - The Civil War Crisis." RH 113 (November 26,1936): 6-7.
The First Battle of Manassas, July 21,1861 and as Shown in Vision to Ellen G. White. Washington, DC: Ellen G. White Publications, December 1965. 2p.
Graybill, Ron. Seventh-day Adventists and the American Civil War. Observations relating to Roger Davis' Doctoral dissertation. 15p.
Graybill, Ron. "This Perplexing War: Why Adventists Avoided Military Service in the Civil War." Insight 9 (10 October 1978): 3-8. Pages 9 & 10 contain end-notes. A reprint of original article which did not have documentation.
Review and Herald Articles, Volumes 1-15, 1850-1859, for Civil War Backgrounds. A listing of RH articles through 1865. 22p.
The Views of Seventh-day Adventists Relative to Bearing Arms. Battle Creek, MI: Steam Press of the SDA Publishing Association, 1864. 9p. Photocopy.
White, W. C., D. E. Robinson, and A. L. White. The Spirit of Prophecy and Military Service. Washington, DC: Ellen G. White Publications, June 15,1956. 22p.