Secession and Ascension in St Louis
St. Louis also experienced how religious allegiances could complicate the already complex border-state politics. The city had been founded by French Catholics, and it had been a beacon to Catholic, Protestant and Jewish immigrants from Germany for decades by the time of the Civil War. In St. Louis as elsewhere along the new national divide, Catholic clergymen preached an immediate peace — which was interpreted by some as a concession to the cause of the South.
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