*This Exhibit was done as a project for the 2023 Missouri Scholars Academy and was published by Dulina Dias and Tristan Nokes.
Religion was a dividing factor during the Civil War and in the South, mainly the Methodist and other denominations of Christianity broke away from the Northern churches. Prior events in history such as the Second Great Awakening saw the rise of religion and with the surge of immigrants like the Irish also saw a rising Catholic population. The divide and differences in Christianity were ultimately one of the causes of the Civil War.
In this exhibit, we look at the Confederate government and the general population idealizing the Bible and even misinterpreting the book to further their cause, slavery, and the war as propaganda.