Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Initial Demonstrations for Peace; Part iii: The Peace Party, William W. Holden, and the Election of 1864; Part iv: The Final Defeat of the Peace Movement; Part v: References
See also: Heroes of America; Civil War; Civil War- Part 1: Introduction; Amputations in the Civil War; Civil War Battles; Civil War to 1900
Various peace movements that occurred in the North and South during the Civil War had a strong impact on the political climate of both sections. In the Confederacy, North Carolina produced the largest and most aggressive peace movement, which developed in three phases: a protest against the state draft in March 1862, the establishment of the Peace Party in the summer of 1863, and a convention movement in 1864.