This work by a retired chemist and academic administrator is more of chronicle, or perhaps a collection of sources for a history, than a finished work of history itself. It does provide a thorough chronological account of the actions, words, and ideas of Episcopal bishops during the Civil War era, first in the South, then the North, and reveals divisions of opinion among them as to the rightness of the war, the institution of slavery, and the appropriateness of the Episcopal Church's taking stands on public issues. It consists of blocks of material with little narrative continuity and, though based on extensive source material, reflects little awareness of other denominations or of extensive recent scholarship on religion and the Civil War. It thus provides some good resources for those interested in the subject, but contributes little beyond neatly arranged information to broader debates on the role of the churches in America's archetypal fratricide.