The Union Divided: Party Conflict in the Civil War North

by Mark E. Neely Jr.

Book Overview

In 1863, Union soldiers from Illinois threatened to march from the battlefield to their state capital. Springfield had not been seized by the Rebels--but the state government was in danger of being captured by the Democrats.

In The Union Divided, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark E. Neely, Jr., vividly recounts the surprising story of political conflict in the North during the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674016106
• ISBN13: 9780674016101
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"