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The War Worth Fighting The Alan B. Larkin Series on the American Presidency university press of florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola This page intentionally left blank The War Worth Fighting Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency and Civil War America Edited by Stephen D. Engle University Press of Florida Gainesville · Tallahassee · Tampa · Boca Raton Pensacola · Orlando · Miami · Jacksonville · Ft. Myers · Sarasota Copyright 2015 by Stephen D. Engle All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This book may be available in an electronic edition. 20 19 18 17 16 15 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data The war worth fighting : Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and Civil War America / edited by Stephen D. Engle. pages cm isbn 978-0-8130-6064-4 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. 3. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Military leadership. 4. African Americans— United States—History. I. Engle, Stephen D., editor. e456.w37 2015 973.7092—dc23 2014040583 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com In Memory of Alan B. Larkin (1922–2002) This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction 1 stephend. engle Part I. Lincoln’s War and the People’s Contest 1. The Passage of Lincoln’s Republic: Providence in Progress 13 orville vernon burton 2. The President as Pedagogue: Teaching Citizenship in Time of War 37 j. matthewgallman 3. Lincoln as Commander in Chief: Forays into Generalship 62 mark grimsley Part II. The War beyond the White House 4. The Political Culture of the North: Party Politics of Nation and State 91 jenniferl. weber 5. Legalities in Wartime: The Myth of the Writ of Habeas Corpus 110 mark e. neely jr. 6. Emancipation in Washington, D.C.: Battleground for Freedom and Reconstruction 127 kate masur Part III. The Visible Hand of Leadership at Home and Abroad 7. Lincoln as Leader: The Visible Hand of the Presidency 153 richard j. carwardine 8. Lincoln as Chief Diplomat in War: Perception and Reality 173 howard jones 9. Wartime Reconstruction: Constructing the Union’s New Cornerstone 202 brooks d. simpson Epilogue. Lincoln’s Presidential Legacy: The Last Best Hope 223 michael burlingame List of Contributors 243 Index 249 Introduction stephend. engle As the United States celebrates the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, it is fitting that scholars organize forums dedicated to reminding Americans that we live in a nation, according to Abraham Lincoln, “worth fighting for.” Preservation of our political system and the guarantee of its national existence were born in four long years of war that cost more than 750,000 American lives. As such, Lincoln’s presidency occupies a central place in our history, and rightfully so. His characterization that America’s democratic republic represented “the last best hope of earth” reminds us that our reward is as great as the sacrifice of those who went before—lest we forget. This volume represents the multifaceted nature of Lincoln’s presidency and offers a glimpse of Civil War America in the North. Taken together, these essays are intended for a general audience and offer diverse perspec- tives on politics, war, and society. Lincoln and Northerners grappled to vindicate democracy by reuniting a nation and accepting the changes that came with reunification. Since the conflict ended, scholars have written the Civil War into our national narrative to explain how and why it was (and still is) central to American history’s foundation. In the case of these essays, scholars explore the context of Lincoln’s presidency, his role as both pedagogue and commander in chief. They examine the war beyond the White House and the battlefield. Finally, these scholars examine Lincoln as leader, diplomat, and visionary, who used his ability, his influence, and the power of his office to shape the contours of the new republic born out of the conflict. In short, these reflections explore the broad nature of how the president touched the Civil War era, and in particular, Northern society. · 1 ·

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“Were the results of the Civil War worth its huge cost in lives and resources? The prominent historians in this thought-provoking volume lay a firm groundwork for answering the question in the affirmative.”—James M. McPherson, author of Abraham Lincoln   “These perceptive essays remind mode
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