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Description:Support for Abraham Lincoln and his administration was far from unanimous throughout the North. The advent of national conscription in the spring of 1863 inflamed anti-Lincoln Northern Democrats, who argued it was illegal to draft civilians. Many prominent citizens advocated active resistance to conscription. Throughout Pennsylvania there was broad and sustained opposition to the war -- fanned by the pens of Democratic newspaper editors. Though most opposition was disorganized and spontaneous, antiwar sentiment in the state occasionally erupted into major incidents. In The Fishing Creek Confederacy, Richard A. Sauers and Peter Tomasak address the serious opposition to the draft in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1864. Egged on by anti-Lincoln newspaper editors, a number of men avoided the draft and formed ad hoc groups to protect themselves from arrest. The shooting of a Union lieutenant confronting draft evaders in July 1864 resulted in military intervention in the northern townships of the county. The troops arrested more than one hundred men, sending about half of them to a fortress near Philadelphia. Some of these men were subjected to military trials in Harrisburg, the state capital, that fall and winter. The arrests led to bitter feelings that were slow to die. The military intervention eventually impacted a Pennsylvania gubernatorial election and led to a murder trial.Sauers and Tomasak describe the draft in Pennsylvania and consider how Columbia County fit into the overall conscription process. Subsequent chapters take the reader through the events of the summer of 1864, including the interaction of soldiers and civilians in the county, the prison experiences of the men, and the trials. Later chapters cover the August 1865 Democratic rally at Nob Mountain and the effects of the draft episode after the war was over, including its influence on the 1872 election for governor, the 1891 murder trial, and the formation of the official Democratic version of the events, which has been used by historians ever since.The Fishing Creek Confederacy is the first book to address this episode and its aftermath in their entirety. Sauers and Tomasak present the story and try to disentangle the often contradictory nature of the sources and how both amateur and professional historians have used them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance (Shades of Blue and Gray). To get started finding The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance (Shades of Blue and Gray), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Support for Abraham Lincoln and his administration was far from unanimous throughout the North. The advent of national conscription in the spring of 1863 inflamed anti-Lincoln Northern Democrats, who argued it was illegal to draft civilians. Many prominent citizens advocated active resistance to conscription. Throughout Pennsylvania there was broad and sustained opposition to the war -- fanned by the pens of Democratic newspaper editors. Though most opposition was disorganized and spontaneous, antiwar sentiment in the state occasionally erupted into major incidents. In The Fishing Creek Confederacy, Richard A. Sauers and Peter Tomasak address the serious opposition to the draft in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1864. Egged on by anti-Lincoln newspaper editors, a number of men avoided the draft and formed ad hoc groups to protect themselves from arrest. The shooting of a Union lieutenant confronting draft evaders in July 1864 resulted in military intervention in the northern townships of the county. The troops arrested more than one hundred men, sending about half of them to a fortress near Philadelphia. Some of these men were subjected to military trials in Harrisburg, the state capital, that fall and winter. The arrests led to bitter feelings that were slow to die. The military intervention eventually impacted a Pennsylvania gubernatorial election and led to a murder trial.Sauers and Tomasak describe the draft in Pennsylvania and consider how Columbia County fit into the overall conscription process. Subsequent chapters take the reader through the events of the summer of 1864, including the interaction of soldiers and civilians in the county, the prison experiences of the men, and the trials. Later chapters cover the August 1865 Democratic rally at Nob Mountain and the effects of the draft episode after the war was over, including its influence on the 1872 election for governor, the 1891 murder trial, and the formation of the official Democratic version of the events, which has been used by historians ever since.The Fishing Creek Confederacy is the first book to address this episode and its aftermath in their entirety. Sauers and Tomasak present the story and try to disentangle the often contradictory nature of the sources and how both amateur and professional historians have used them.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance (Shades of Blue and Gray). To get started finding The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance (Shades of Blue and Gray), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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