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Description of  The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known: The North s Union Leagues in the American Civil War (Civil War in the North)

The martial enthusiasm that engulfed the North when the American Civil War commenced in April 1861 vanished by the following summer. Repeated military defeats, economic worries, and staggering casualties prompted many civilians to question the wars viability. Frustration exploded into anger when Republican president Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September. Read more