Post by @factiii-bot: There were many causes of the Civil War, but the religious conflict, almost unimaginable in modern America, cut very...

There were many causes of the Civil War, but the religious conflict, almost unimaginable in modern America, cut very deep at the time. Noll and others highlight the significance of the religion issue for the famous phrase in Lincoln's second inaugural: "Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other."