03370nam 2200649Ia 450 991054287870332120200520144314.00-8262-7288-6(CKB)2670000000330408(EBL)3440821(SSID)ssj0001054641(PQKBManifestationID)11537814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001054641(PQKBWorkID)11133594(PQKB)10500930(MiAaPQ)EBC3440821(OCoLC)867741423(MdBmJHUP)muse26129(Au-PeEL)EBL3440821(CaPaEBR)ebr10645128(OCoLC)932311627(EXLCZ)99267000000033040820120427d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Fishing Creek Confederacy[electronic resource] a story of Civil War draft resistance /Richard A. Sauers and Peter TomasakColumbia, MO ;London University of Missouri Pressc20121 online resource (241 p.)Shades of blue and gray seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8262-1988-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-220) and index.1. Columbia County goes to war 1861-1862 -- 2. The Democrats grow stronger -- 3. The draft comes to the North -- 4. Columbia County and the draft, 1863 -- 5. Columbia County and the draft, January-July 1864 -- 6. A shooting -- 7. Military intervention -- 8. Soldiers and civilians -- 9. Prison -- 10. The military trials -- 11. The war's end and Knob Mountain -- 12. Postwar reverberations -- 13. Historiography -- 14. Conclusions -- Appendix: List of prisoners sent to Fort Mifflin, September 1, 1864.One hundred fifty years after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is thought of as one of the best presidents of the United States. However, most Americans forget that he was elected with only 40 percent of the popular vote. Many Democratic newspapers across the North mistrusted Lincoln's claim that he would not abolish slavery, and the lukewarm support evidenced by them collapsed after Lincoln announced his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the fall of 1862. The advent of a national draft in the spring of 1863 only added fuel to the fire with anti-Lincoln Democrats arguing that it was illegal to draft civilians. Many newspaper editors advocated active resistance against the draft.Shades of blue and gray series.Draft resistersPennsylvaniaColumbia CountyDraftUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Draft resistersFishing Creek (Pa. : Township)History, Military19th centuryColumbia County (Pa.)History, Military19th centuryPennsylvaniaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Electronic books.Draft resistersDraftHistory973.741Sauers Richard Allen1171172Tomasak Peter1171173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910542878703321The Fishing Creek Confederacy2725324UNINA