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Emancipation, the Union army, and the reelection of Abraham Lincoln Jonathan W. White
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 458.4 .W554 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Jonathan W., 1979-
- Series:
- Conflicting worlds
- Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Election--1864.
- Presidents.
- Soldiers--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century.
- Soldiers.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- "That the purity and sanctity of the ballot box shall be preserved": Civil War politics and the troops
- "You must have learned ... of my official decapitation": emancipation and intimidation in the Union ranks
- "I am afraid I am something of a Copperhead": resignations and desertions in the Union army following emancipation
- "For my part I dont care who is elected president": the Union army and the elections of 1864
- "Not fit to be a citizen": the disfranchisement of deserters in the postwar period
- Epilogue: "A vote in the democracy for which they are fighting and dying."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807154571
- 0807154571
- 9780807154588
- 080715458X
- OCLC:
- 854980354
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