Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Union Leagues; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Questions of Patriotic Loyalty versus Treason; Chapter 1: "Quiet Men Are Dangerous": Civilian Antecedents of the Union Leagues; Chapter 2: "There Can Be No Neutrals in This War; Only Patriots or Traitors": The Demand for Public Loyalty; Chapter 3: "A Fire of Liberty Burning Upon the Altar": The Union Leagues Arise amidst Despair and Disillusionment; Chapter 4: "A Refuge Rather Than a Resort for Loyalty": Philadelphia, New York, and Boston Lead the Way

Chapter 5: "We Are Learning to Draw the Line Between Treason and Loyalty": Union League Ostracism and Democratic ResentmentChapter 6: "This Is the Time for Pamphleteers and Essayists": The Pen Begins to Fight Alongside the Sword against Copperhead Dissent and Violence; Chapter 7: "The 'Loyal Leagues' Are Really Effecting Public Opinion": The Broad-Based Loyal Leagues and "No Party Now"; Chapter 8: "Neutrality Is Allied to Treason; Indifference Becomes a Crime; and Whoever Is Not with Us Is Against Us": A Union League of America Council in Every Town

Chapter 9: "We Are Not a Partisan, Yet We Are a Political Organization": Women Enter the Fray as Midwest Dissent Boils OverChapter 10: "We Are Organizing Our Leagues and Getting Ready for the Great Fight of 1864": An Open Arm of the Republican Party; Chapter 11: "Once More Rally Around the Flag, and Your Work Will Be Complete": A Bitter and Partisan Election; Chapter 12: "It Is a Fatal Mistake to Hold That This War Is Over Because the Fighting Has Ceased": The Union League in Reconstruction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index