New Perspectives on the Union War (eBook)

lt;b>Gary W. Gallagher (Edited By)
Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War and Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Union War.

Elizabeth R. Varon (Edited By)
Elizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History and Associate Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia. She is the author of numerous books, including Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War.

Introduction
Gary W. Gallagher and Elizabeth R. Varon | 1

Waiting for the Perfect Moment: Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Foster’s Union War
Frank J. Cirillo | 9

Elizabeth Keckly’s Union War
Tamika Y. Nunley | 39

To Save the Union “in Behalf of Conservative Men”: Horatio Seymour and the Democratic Vision for War
Jack Furniss | 63

The Union as It Was: Northern Catholics’ Conservative Unionism
William B. Kurtz | 91

“Certain Ill-Considered Phrases”: Edward Bates and the Disunionist Dangers of Radical Rhetoric
Jesse George-Nichol | 114

“Responsible to One Another and to God”: Why Francis Lieber Believed the Union War Must Remain a Just War
D. H. Dilbeck | 143

Building a Union of Banks: Salmon P. Chase and the Creation of the National Banking System
Michael T. Caires | 160

“To Transmit and Perpetuate the Fruits of This Victory”: Union Regimental Histories and the Great
Rebellion in Immediate Retrospect
Peter C. Luebke | 186

Notes 201

Bibliographic Note 241

List of Contributors 245

Index 247