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Copperheads : the rise and fall of Lincoln's opponents in the North /
If Civil War battlefields saw vast carnage, the Northern home-front was itself far from tranquil. Fierce political debates set communities on edge, spurred secret plots against the Union, and triggered widespread violence, such as the New York City draft riots. And at the heart of all this turmoil s...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | If Civil War battlefields saw vast carnage, the Northern home-front was itself far from tranquil. Fierce political debates set communities on edge, spurred secret plots against the Union, and triggered widespread violence, such as the New York City draft riots. And at the heart of all this turmoil stood Northern anti-war Democrats, nicknamed "Copperheads." Now, Jennifer L. Weber offers the first full-length portrait of this powerful faction to appear in almost half a century. Weber reveals how the Copperheads came perilously close to defeating Lincoln and ending the war in the South. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429420448 9781429420440 0195306686 9780195306682 9780198041887 0198041888 1280846593 9781280846595 9786610846597 6610846596 |