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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - Civil War Faith And Politics - RICHARD-CARWARDINE-RIGHTEOUS-STRIFE PART 2
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1870 HENRY WARD BEECHER Z7 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Civil War Faith And Politics
Richard Carwardine, Part Two: Carwardine analyzes the fierce political opposition President Abraham Lincoln faced in the North following the Emancipation Proclamation. Key dissenters, such as Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham and Catholic publisher James McMaster, utilized fiery rhetoric to denounce Lincoln as a despot and demand an immediate armistice. The Northern anti-war coalition drew together disparate Catholic and Protestantelements who resisted federal conscription and growing military casualties. Despite plummeting public morale during the bloody summer campaigns of 1864, Lincoln remained committed to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery. (2)
Civil War Faith And Politics
Richard Carwardine, Part Two: Carwardine analyzes the fierce political opposition President Abraham Lincoln faced in the North following the Emancipation Proclamation. Key dissenters, such as Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham and Catholic publisher James McMaster, utilized fiery rhetoric to denounce Lincoln as a despot and demand an immediate armistice. The Northern anti-war coalition drew together disparate Catholic and Protestantelements who resisted federal conscription and growing military casualties. Despite plummeting public morale during the bloody summer campaigns of 1864, Lincoln remained committed to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery. (2)