White, Jonathan W., 1979-
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
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Part of the series Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War;Conflicting worlds.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references(pages 231-269) and index.
• That the purity and sanctity of the ballot box shall be preserved : Civil War politics and the troops — You must have learned…of my official decapitation : emancipation and intimidation in the Union ranks — I am afraid I am something of a Copperhead : resignations and desertions in the Union army following emancipation — For my part I dont care who is elected president : the Union army and the elections of 1864 — Not fit to be a citizen : the disfranchisement of deserters in the postwar period — Epilogue: A vote in the democracy for which they are fighting and dying .

Subjects:

• Presidents — United States — Election — 1864.
• Soldiers — Suffrage — United States — History — 19th century.
• United States — Politics and government — 1861-1865.
• United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (DE-588)11857308X gnd
• USA. President. (DE-588)2033432-1 gnd
• USA. (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd
• 1800 – 1899 fast
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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