Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln

by Jonathan W. White

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807174327
• ISBN13: 9780807174326
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"