It is Time for the States to Speak to the Government: The Altoona Conference and Emancipation

Author Type

Faculty

College

Arts and Letters

Department

History

Document Type

Article

Publication/Event/Conference Title

Civil War History

Publication Status

Version of Record

Abstract

The often overlooked but significant role northern governors played in urging Lincoln to widen the North's war aims beyond simply "saving" the Union is examined. It was at Altoona in September 1862 that these governors began to view themselves as "guardians of federalism." What is more, reevaluating loyal governors' influence not only "provides a point of departure for scholars seeking to understand aspects of state and federal relations in managing the conflict," but it also demonstrates the strength of the "federal-state and state-federal cooperation" that ultimately produced victory for the North.

First Page

416

Last Page

450

DOI

DOI: 10.1353/cwh.2012.0086

Publication Date

2012

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