LEADER 04118nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910461508003321 005 20211027182603.0 010 $a1-4696-0253-9 010 $a0-8078-6902-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000134063 035 $a(EBL)880317 035 $a(OCoLC)770009268 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000570942 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11353531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000570942 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10611201 035 $a(PQKB)11311923 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC880317 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL880317 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930080 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000134063 100 $a20110606d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLincoln and the triumph of the nation$b[electronic resource] $econstitutional conflict in the American Civil War /$fMark E. Neely 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (408 pages) 225 1 $aThe Littlefield history of the Civil War era 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2184-3 311 $a0-8078-3518-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [381]-398) and index. 327 $aSecession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation -- Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency -- The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution -- Soldiers in the courtroom -- The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war -- Secession : deratifying the constitution -- The police state of Richmond -- State rights in the confederacy. 330 $a"The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival. Previous scholars have examined wartime challenges to civil liberties and questions of presidential power, but Neely argues that the constitutional conflict extended to the largest questions of national existence. Drawing on judicial opinions, presidential state papers, and political pamphlets spiced with the everyday immediacy of the partisan press, Neely reveals how judges, lawyers, editors, politicians, and government officials, both North and South, used their constitutions to fight the war and save, or create, their nation. Lincoln and the triumph of the nation illuminates how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test but emerged stronger after the war. That this happened at a time when the nation's very existence was threatened, Neely argues, speaks ultimately to the wisdom of the Union leadership, notably President Lincoln and his vision of the American nation"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aLittlefield history of the Civil War era. 606 $aConstitutional history$zConfederate States of America 606 $aConstitutional history$zUnited States 606 $aHabeas corpus$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aCivil rights$zConfederate States of America$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xLaw and legislation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aHabeas corpus$xHistory. 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory. 676 $a342.7302/9 700 $aNeely$b Mark E.$cJr.$01042562 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461508003321 996 $aLincoln and the triumph of the nation$92470517 997 $aUNINA