Joshua L. Waddell

"I, for One, Shall Make No Acknowledgment of Wrong": Race and Sectional Reconciliation in the Reunion of the Episcopal Church, 1865–1866

Abstract: This essay examines the circumstances surrounding the reunion of the Episcopal Church in October 1865. Unlike Protestants of other denominations, Episcopalians remained united during the antebellum period but split in 1861 due to political secession. Then, the Episcopal...