(Ebook) New Perspectives on the Union War ISBN 9780823284566

(Ebook) New Perspectives on the Union War ISBN 9780823284566

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.Reveals in case studies how Northern arguments in favor of the Civil War influenced the terms of Reconstruction through debates about which policies and what sort of political tone would bring reunion on the loyal states' terms