I been thinking about posting a bestiary -- that is, an I.F.F. dictionary of politically active names related to Civil War politics.
In no particular sequence, here's what I have so far (mostly quoted from Wiki):
"Wigfall, for one, actively encouraged an attack on Fort Sumter to prompt Virginia and other upper Southern States to secede as well.
Thus, the Fire-Eaters helped to unleash a chain reaction that eventually led to the formation of the Confederate States of America and to the American Civil War.
Their influence waned quickly after the start of major fighting."
Copperhead 1864 pamphlet, USA, mocking President Abraham Lincoln.
Does anyone know more names to add to the list?
Radial (Republicans): those who sought to use the war to prostrate the South and to end slavery, as opposed to merely reunify the nation.
BTW, I would add that Lincoln knew more about statesmanship than all the so-called southern “diplomats,” senators (including that buffoon Marxist John C. Calhoun), and spokesmen who ever walked the earth.
Loyal Union League: A Union League is one of a number of organizations established starting in 1862, during the American Civil War to promote loyalty to the Union and the policies of Abraham Lincoln. They were also known as Loyal Leagues. They comprised upper middle class men who supported efforts such as the United States Sanitary Commission, which helped treat wounded soldiers after battle. The Clubs supported the Republican Party, with funding, organizational support, and political activism
One of the Lost Causers attempted to equate the Union League with the KKK on a WBTS thread a while back. When pressed fro details of their more notorious misdeeds the best the I got back was that they advocated against electing democrats. LOL
How about Senator Charles Sumner of Boston.
He was a member of the Republican Radicals, a faction of the new Republican party, which was a highly verbal and charged group of men that wanted to abuse Southern states.
In March 1861, after the withdrawal of Southern Senators, Sumner became chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Radicals primarily advocated the immediate abolition of slavery and the destruction of the Southern planter class. Senate Radicals included Sumner, Sen. Zachariah Chandler, and Sen. Benjamin Wade.
Wade was probably the most radical in the Congress at the time. During the American Civil War, Wade was highly critical of President Abraham Lincoln.
In a September 1861 letter, he privately wrote that Lincoln's views on slavery “could only come of one born of poor white trash and educated in a slave State.” (source: Wikipedia)
How about US Postmaster General Amos Kendall?