Format:
1 Online-Ressource ( xv, 275 pages)
ISBN:
9780807154588
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9780807154595
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9780807154601
Series Statement:
Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War
Content:
The Union army's overwhelming vote for Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864 has led many Civil War scholars to conclude that the soldiers supported the Republican Party and its effort to abolish slavery. In Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln Jonathan W. White challenges this reigning paradigm in Civil War historiography, arguing instead that the soldier vote in the presidential election of 1864 is not a reliable index of the army's ideological motivation or political sentiment. Although 78 percent of the soldiers' votes were cast for Lincoln, White contends tha
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 ""THAT THE PURITY AND SANCTITY OF THE BALLOT BOX SHALL BE PRESERVED"": Civil War Politics and the Troops; 2 ""YOU MUST HAVE LEARNED . . . OF MY OFFICIAL DECAPITATION: Emancipation and Intimidation in the Union Ranks; 3 ""I AM AFRAID I AM SOMETHING OF A 'COPPERHEAD'"": Resignations and Desertions in the Union Army Following Emancipation; 4 ""FOR MY PART I DONT CARE WHO IS ELECTED PRESIDENT"": The Union Army and the Elections of 1864; 5 ""NOT FIT TO BE A CITIZEN"": The Disfranchisement of Deserters in the Postwar Period
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EPILOGUE: ""A VOTE IN THE DEMOCRACY FOR WHICH THEY ARE FIGHTING AND DYING""APPENDIX; TABLES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807154571
Additional Edition:
Print version Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Armee
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Soldat
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Wahlverhalten
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USA Präsident
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Präsidentenwahl
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Geschichte 1864
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