Evangelicals Ascendant: Bishop Meade and the High Tide of Evangelical Episcopalianism, 1840-1865

[...] the diocese's missionary society published numerous tracts for soldiers in the Confederate armed forces, including a popular abridged version of the Confederate Book of Common Prayer.94 When the war ended, Virginia's diocesan council voted to resume its relationship with the Episcopal Church in the United States in May 1866-it was the last southern diocese to do so.95 With the conclusion of the Civil War, Episcopalians in Virginia faced a number of challenges-in society, in mission, and, as usual, in the church.