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Becoming American under fire Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / by Samito, Christian G.

Table of Contents: “…The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.…”
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All the president's statesmen Northern governors and the American Civil War / by Engle, Stephen Douglas

“…Frank L. Klement lectures ;…”
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"What shall we do with the Negro?" Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / by Escott, Paul D., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The North confronts the question -- War's proving ground -- Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future -- Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind -- Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- The Hampton Roads conference -- 1865 and beyond -- Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.…”
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The Louisiana scalawags politics, race, and terrorism during the Civil War and Reconstruction / by Wetta, Frank Joseph, 1942-

Subjects: “…Republican Party (La.) History 19th century.…”
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Final freedom the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment / by Vorenberg, Michael, 1964-

“…Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.…”
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Lincoln's defense of politics the public man and his opponents in the crisis over slavery / by Schneider, Thomas E., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…A divided Lincoln? -- Stephen A. Douglas : the missing constitutional basis -- Alexander H. …”
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Freedom, union, and power Lincoln and his party during the Civil War / by Green, Michael S.

Table of Contents: “…Freedom, union, and power : the Civil War Republican Party -- Free labor, freed labor, and free capital -- The great secession winter and the politics of power and responsibility -- Lincoln's warring cabinet : many secretaries, one ideology -- The Republicans and slavery -- Law and order : the Republicans, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution -- The paradox of power : Republicans and the military -- The Republican Party, the Union Party, and Lincoln's reelection -- Reforming and remaking the Nation.…”
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Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas by Guelzo, Allen C.

Table of Contents: “…-- The unlikely intellectual biography of Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln and the doctrine of necessity -- Come-outers and community-men: Abraham Lincoln and the idea of community in nineteenth-century America -- Lincoln and natural law -- "Fiends ... facing Zionwards": Abraham Lincoln's reluctant embrace of the abolitionists -- Apples of gold in a picture of silver: Lincoln, the constitution, and liberty -- Understanding emancipation: Lincoln's proclamation and the end of slavery -- Defending emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and the Conkling letter, August 1863 -- Prudence and the Proclamation -- Lincoln and the "war powers" of the Presidency.…”
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North Carolinians in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Table of Contents: “…North Carolinian ambivalence : rethinking loyalty and disaffection in the Civil War Piedmont / David Brown -- A more rigorous style of warfare : Wild's Raid, guerrilla violence, and negotiated neutrality in northeastern North Carolina / Barton A. …”
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