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
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).