Towne, Stephen E., 1961-2019-12-092019-12-092019-09Towne, S. E. (2019). A Lesson for All Rebels at Home: The Holmes County, Ohio, Rebellion of 1863 Revisited. Ohio History, 126(2), 5-37. https://doi.org/10.1353/ohh.2019.00120030-0934https://hdl.handle.net/1805/21451The Holmes County, Ohio draft-enrollment-resistance episode during the Civil War is well known to historians, but has been poorly understood. Previous studies have characterized the violence as a minor eruption of ethnic localism. New research based on previously unseen archival records reveals a geographically widespread and organized uprising involving partisan Democrats that included many ethnicities. The United States Army and federal and state law-enforcement authorities worked diligently in the uprising's aftermath to deter similar outbreaks.en-USKnights of the Golden CircleDemocratic Partyinsurrectiondraft enrollment resistanceAmerican Civil War (1861-1865)OhioDavid TodJacob Dolson CoxArticle