Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln - Couverture souple

Livre 37 sur 103: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War

White, Jonathan W.

 
9780807174326: Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln
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ISBN 10 : 0807174327 ISBN 13 : 9780807174326
Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2020

Synopsis

The Union army's overwhelming vote for Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election 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 that the army vote is not a reliable index of ideological motivation or political sentiment. Although 78 percent of soldiers cast ballots for Lincoln, White contends that this was not due wholly to a political or social conversion to the Republican Party. Rather, he cites previously ignored mitigating factors such as voter turnout, intimidation at the polls, and soldiers' choices in other elections that same year.

While recognizing that many in the military changed their views on slavery and emancipation during the war, White suggests that a considerable number of soldiers who voted for Lincoln still rejected the Republican platform or disagreed with his views on slavery. For them, like many northerners, a vote for the Democratic ticket was considered to be treasonous and an admission of defeat. Using previously untapped court-martial records from the National Archives, as well as manuscript collections from across the country, White convincingly revises many commonly held assumptions about the Civil War era and provides a deeper understanding of the Union army.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University and the author of Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman.

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Éditeur
Louisiana State University Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807174327
ISBN 13 
9780807174326
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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9780807154571: Emancipation, The Union Army, And The Reelection of Abraham Lincoln

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ISBN 10 :  0807154571 ISBN 13 :  9780807154571
Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2014
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