The Union Divided: Party Conflict in the Civil War North

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In 1863, Union soldiers from Illinois threatened to march from the battlefield to their state capital. Springfield had not been seized by the Rebels–however the state government was once 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 within the North throughout the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed throughout the lens of the developing war, the excesses of party patronage, the affect of wartime elections, the highly partisan press, and the role of the loyal opposition, Neely deftly dismantles the argument long established in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system within the North contributed to its victory.

The many positive effects attributed to the party system were in reality the results of the fundamental operation of the Constitution, in particular a four-year president who was once commander in chief. In several ways, the party system in reality undermined the Northern war effort; Americans uneasy about normal party operations within the unusual circumstances of civil war saw near-treason within the loyal opposition.

Engagingly written and brilliantly argued, The Union Divided is an insightful and original contribution to Civil War studies and American political history.

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