Towne, Stephen E., 1961-2019-07-292019-07-292019-07-29https://hdl.handle.net/1805/20017A review essay of two recent books on political opposition in the North during the American Civil War finds historians have not adequately researched the Democratic opposition to the Lincoln administration. Historians must focus their attention on the words and actions of the rank-and-file membership of the Democratic Party to understand why they took violent measures to oppose the Republican government across the North.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesDemocratic PartyHoratio SeymourReverdy JohnsonAbraham LincolnAmerican Civil War (1861-1865)Article