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Peace Movement (Civil War)

by William T. Auman, 2006

See also: Heroes of America.

Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Initial Demonstrations for Peace; Part 3: The Peace Party, William W. Holden, and the Election of 1864; Part 4: The Final Defeat of the Peace Movement; Part 5: References

Part 5: References

William T. Auman, "Bryan Tyson: Southern Unionist and American Patriot," NCHR 62 (July 1985).

William C. Harris, William Woods Holden: Firebrand of North Carolina Politics (1987).

Marc W. Kruman, Parties and Politics in North Carolina, 1836-1865 (1983).

Joel H. Silbey, A Respectable Minority: The Democratic Party in the Civil War Era, 1860-1868 (1977).