Browsing by Author "Towne, Stephen E., 1961-"
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Item The Adventures of Lightning Ellsworth(2012-12-23) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Item Burnside's Police State(2013-04-05) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Item Civil War-Era Democrats and President Abraham Lincoln: Two Assessments of Loyal Opposition in Wartime(2019-07-29) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-A 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.Item Detectives and Spies: U.S. Army Espionage in the Old Northwest during the Civil War(2014-02) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Item Emancipation in Indiana(2012-09-27) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Item An Ethical Responsibility? Research Access to Unique Manuscripts in the Custody of Private Collectors(The Manuscript Society, 2023-02) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Asks if manuscripts collectors have ethical responsibilities to make the unique materials in their possession available to researchers. Gives a case study of an historical record in private hands kept inaccessible to a researcher.Item "Everything is fair in war:" The Civil War Memoir of George A. "Lightning" Ellsworth, Telegraph Operator for John Hunt Morgan(2011-01-31) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-; Heiser, Jay G.Item Fear and Loathing in Indiana(2013-02-22) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Item Henry S. Lane and the birth of the Indiana Republican Party, 1854-1861(2013) Zachary, Lauren E.; Kaufman-McKivigan, John R.; Kostroun, Daniella J., 1970-; Towne, Stephen E., 1961-Although the main emphasis of this study is Lane and his part in the Republican Party, another important part to this thesis is the examination of Indiana and national politics in the 1850s. This thesis studies the development of the Hoosier Republican Party and the obstacles the young organization experienced as it transformed into a major political party. Party leaders generally focused on states like New York and Pennsylvania in national elections but Indiana became increasingly significant leading up to the 1860 election. Though Hoosier names like George Julian and Schuyler Colfax might be more recognizable nationally for their role in the Republican Party, this thesis argues that Lane played a guiding role in the development of the new third party in Indiana. Through the study of primary sources, it is clear that Hoosiers turned to Lane to lead the organization of the Republican Party and to lead it to its success in elections. Historians have long acknowledged Lane’s involvement in the 1860 Republican National Convention but fail to fully realize his significance in Indiana throughout the 1850s. This thesis argues that Lane was a vital leader in Hoosier politics and helped transform the Republican Party in Indiana from a grassroots movement into a powerful political party by 1860.Item The Hoosier Yell(2013-05-24) Towne, Stephen E., 1961-