Confederate General John Gano is not mentioned, so it is impossible to think that this is anywhere near being a comprehensive book, as one would expect from its title. Yet, the little book does provide some value for persons interested in learning about the role of a few Stone-Campbell religious heritage people, places, and events leading up to, during, and immediately following the American Civil War.

The book is arranged into six chapters:
1. Ante-Bellum Days Among the Churches of Christ
2. Pacifists in the Churches of Christ During the War Between the States
3. Participants in the Civil War
4. Condition and Work of the Churches of Christ During the War
5. Issues Confronting the Churches of Christ During the War [slavery, missionary societies, and instrumental music]
6. Conditions After the War

The book also includes an Appendix, which includes: 1) A 1862 petition for pacifism to CSA President Jefferson Davis, from several elders and evangelists in Tennessee; 2) A similar petition for pacifism to Federal authorities when in the power of the state of Tennessee; 3) 1849 Articles of the American Christian Missionary Society; and 4) In 1850, ten resolutions from the Collinsville, Pennsylvania Church of Christ expressing objections to the new ACMS.

A reader will notice a bias toward churches of Christ, particularly of the southern states.

The book is nicely footnoted and contains a useful bibliography, but no index.

Quite some time after I wrote the above, I learned that the Chaplain William Brown, briefly mentioned in two paragraphs (82) was the William M. Brown who preached at the Christian Church in Bloomington, Illinois sometime during 1840-1850. Brown was chaplain of the 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment. ( )