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New Perspectives on the Union War.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The North's Civil War SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823284566
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Perspectives on the Union WarOnline resources:
Contents:
Cover -- NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE UNION WAR -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Waiting for the Perfect Moment: Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster's Union War -- Elizabeth Keckly's Union War -- To Save the Union "in Behalf of Conservative Men": Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Vision for War -- The Union as It Was: Northern Catholics' Conservative Unionism -- "Certain Ill-Considered Phrases": Edward Bates and the Disunionist Dangers of Radical Rhetoric -- "Responsible to One Another and to God": Why Francis Lieber Believed the Union War Must Remain a Just War -- Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System -- "To Transmit and Perpetuate the Fruits of This Victory": Union Regimental Histories and the Great Rebellion in Immediate Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliographic Note -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Summary: New Perspectives on the Union War explores, at a wide array of points along the political spectrum, the many shapes patriotic sentiment took in the loyal states during the Civil War. The essays provide new insights into well-known figures such as Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, political philosopher Francis Lieber, African American author/entrepreneur Elizabeth Keckley, abolitionist Abby Kelly Foster, New York governor Horatio Seymour, and Attorney General Edward Bates. They also offer the perspectives of common soldiers, of the partisan press, of the clergy, and of social reformers.
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Cover -- NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE UNION WAR -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Waiting for the Perfect Moment: Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster's Union War -- Elizabeth Keckly's Union War -- To Save the Union "in Behalf of Conservative Men": Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Vision for War -- The Union as It Was: Northern Catholics' Conservative Unionism -- "Certain Ill-Considered Phrases": Edward Bates and the Disunionist Dangers of Radical Rhetoric -- "Responsible to One Another and to God": Why Francis Lieber Believed the Union War Must Remain a Just War -- Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System -- "To Transmit and Perpetuate the Fruits of This Victory": Union Regimental Histories and the Great Rebellion in Immediate Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliographic Note -- List of Contributors -- Index.

New Perspectives on the Union War explores, at a wide array of points along the political spectrum, the many shapes patriotic sentiment took in the loyal states during the Civil War. The essays provide new insights into well-known figures such as Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, political philosopher Francis Lieber, African American author/entrepreneur Elizabeth Keckley, abolitionist Abby Kelly Foster, New York governor Horatio Seymour, and Attorney General Edward Bates. They also offer the perspectives of common soldiers, of the partisan press, of the clergy, and of social reformers.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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