The Union Divided

The Union Divided
Author: Mark E. Neely
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002-04-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674007420

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark E. Neely, Jr. vividly recounts the surprising story of political conflict in the North during the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed through the lens of the developing war, the excesses of party patronage, the impact 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 in the North contributed to its victory.