The Men Stood Like Iron is the dramatic story of how the backwoods frontier boys of Indiana and Wisconsin became soldiers of an ""Iron Brigade; "" a unit so celebrated that General George McClellan called it ""equal to the best troops in any army in the world."" Created following the Union defeat at Bull Run; the brigade won immediate attention for being the only all-Western brigade of the Eastern armies and for the tall black hats issued to the soldiers. It was a year before the brigade saw any action; but when the fighting began; it was relentless. In four battles over three weeks - Brawner's Farm; Second Bull Run; South Mountain; and Antietam - the Iron Brigade earned its name at terrible cost. By Appomattox Court House; the brigade had suffered a proportionally greater number of battle deaths than any other Federal unit.
#1572758 in Books Malco Bull 2006-12-01 2006-12-20Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.30 x 6.12l; 1.60 #File Name: 0253218683520 pagesSeeking a Sanctuary Seventh day Adventism and the American Dream
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Boss ManMust have book if you want to understand the evolution of Adventism.7 of 9 people found the following review helpful. MagisterialBy John in OrlandoThis magisterial work is generally regarded as the most important academic study of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Bull and Lockhart create a compelling picture of the SDAs as one of America's least-understood; but most-successful; indigenous religious movements. This study brings together a history of the SDA Church and a study of its subcultures with an analysis of the Church's ambivalent relationship with the United States. This ambivalence is characterized by the authors as a function of the Adventist preoccupation with time: The Church's peculiar understanding of temporality (its emphasis on the seventh-day Sabbath and its focus on eschatology) is; according to Bull and Lockhart; the primary source of its identity. Sometimes they push this understanding too far. For example; at one point they interpret the disapproval of novels on the part of Ellen White and the early Adventist leadership as a rejection of the secular understanding of time that would be encouraged by the novel as a literary form. A couple of pages later; though; the argues discuss the encouragement of specifically SDA novels by the same early leadership. If it had been the novel as a form per se that was problematic due to Adventist concerns about marking out sacred time; then the subject matter would have been irrelevant. If this approach is occasionally stretched to (or beyond) its breaking point; it nonetheless provides a fascinating interpretive lens through which to view Adventism in America.The final third of Seeking a Sanctuary is devoted to a consideration of "Adventist Subculture;" analyzing the interplay between race; gender; socio-economics; and professional life in the inner dynamics of Adventism. These chapters are uneven. The most fascinating is a discussion of the influence of health reform and Adventist medicine on the overall direction of Adventist culture; polity; and theology. Bull and Lockhart argue that the classic denominalization thesis is not really applicable to the SDA church; this body; they say; has been not so much denominalized as medicalized. The tensions between the ordained ministry and administration of the church; on the one hand; and its medical practitioners and institutions on the other; emerges with compelling vividness in this discussion.This book is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in Adventism or sectarian movements in America.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Sensitively reviewedBy Vivian HillScholarly treatise - very well researched from a variety of perspectives. Highly recommended reading for those interested in Seventh-day Adventism.
