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Introduction
Gary W. Gallagher and Elizabeth R. Varon | 1
Waiting for the Perfect Moment: Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster’s Union War
Frank J. Cirillo | 9
Elizabeth Keckly’s Union War
Tamika Y. Nunley | 39
To Save the Union “in Behalf of Conservative Men”: Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Vision for War
Jack Furniss | 63
The Union as It Was: Northern Catholics’ Conservative Unionism
William B. Kurtz | 91
“Certain Ill-Considered Phrases”: Edward Bates and the Disunionist Dangers of Radical Rhetoric
Jesse George-Nichol | 114
“Responsible to One Another and to God”: Why Francis Lieber Believed the Union War Must Remain a Just War
D. H. Dilbeck | 143
Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System
Michael T. Caires | 160
“To Transmit and Perpetuate the Fruits of This Victory”: Union Regimental Histories and the Great
Rebellion in Immediate Retrospect
Peter C. Luebke | 186
Notes 201
Bibliographic Note 241
List of Contributors 245
Index 247

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 4 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9780823284535
      978-0823284535
      ISBN-10 0823284530
      Also in:
      Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      Gary W. Gallagher and Elizabeth R. Varon | 1
      Waiting for the Perfect Moment: Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster’s Union War
      Frank J. Cirillo | 9
      Elizabeth Keckly’s Union War
      Tamika Y. Nunley | 39
      To Save the Union “in Behalf of Conservative Men”: Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Vision for War
      Jack Furniss | 63
      The Union as It Was: Northern Catholics’ Conservative Unionism
      William B. Kurtz | 91
      “Certain Ill-Considered Phrases”: Edward Bates and the Disunionist Dangers of Radical Rhetoric
      Jesse George-Nichol | 114
      “Responsible to One Another and to God”: Why Francis Lieber Believed the Union War Must Remain a Just War
      D. H. Dilbeck | 143
      Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System
      Michael T. Caires | 160
      “To Transmit and Perpetuate the Fruits of This Victory”: Union Regimental Histories and the Great
      Rebellion in Immediate Retrospect
      Peter C. Luebke | 186
      Notes 201
      Bibliographic Note 241
      List of Contributors 245
      Index 247

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