LAKEPORT, Calif. – The vast majority of the soldiers in the Civil War professed to be Christian, and they believed in the same God and the same Bible.

Christianity animated nearly every level of society in both sections. Yet, the North and the South saw the Gospel differently, and these differences led to different beliefs, life styles, philosophies and politics.

At the next meeting of the Lake County History Roundtable on Monday, Sept. 9, at 6:15 p.m. at Country Air Properties at 460 S. Main St. in Lakeport, Doug Del Bosco will delve into how Christianity impacted Antebellum America, and how religious differences between North and South impacted the Civil War.

In the first of a two-part series, Del Bosco will take a look at how religion developed in the North and how it shaped that regions world view about slavery, manifest destiny and converting non-believers.

In part two, set for Monday, Oct. 7, Del Bosco will cover the same factors, but how they related to the South.

Del Bosco, a Lakeport resident, is a native of Colorado, graduating from Colorado State University in the Class of 1981, majoring in psychology. He has studied Christian theology, and currently pastors part-time.

The Lake County History Roundtable meets once a month, typically on the first Monday of the month (a week later if the first Monday falls on a holiday).

The group formed in 2011 to honor the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War, and later opened up to history in general.

The current location of the meetings is at the office of Country Air Properties Lakeport office at 460 S. Main St.