<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Kwakuyisilinganiso sobuhlakani bukaMongameli uLincoln hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi wayinqoba impi yakhe kodwa ukuthi wakwenza lokho ngokudweba nokuhlanganisa amandla okulwa nobugqila, inhlabathi yamahhala, intando yeningi, nobuzwe. I-Confederation yayeka yonke imisebenzi yeqembu, futhi ngaleyo ndlela yalahlekelwa izinzuzo zenhlangano kazwelonke ezinikele ekusekeleni ukuphathwa. E-Union, i-Republican Party yasekela ngazwi linye umzamo wempi, ithola izikhulu, amadoda abhalisiwe, amabhonasi okubhalisa, usizo kubafazi nabafelokazi, izimpahla zempi, ukuthengwa kwezibopho, kanye nentshiseko eyayibalulekile ekunqobeni. Ekuqaleni amaDemocrats asekela impi yeNyunyana, kwathi ngo-1861 osopolitiki abaningi abangamaDemocratic baba ngamakholonela namajenene. Njengoba yamenyezelwa nguLincoln ngo-September 1862, isimemezelo sokukhululwa sahloselwa ngokuyinhloko ukubhubhisa isisekelo sezomnothosombuso wezigqila. Ekuqaleni yacasula amaDemocrats amaningi asenyakatho ngisho namaRiphabhulikhi alinganiselayo. Babengathandi ukusekela impi eyayizosiza labo ababebabheka njengohlanga oluphansi. AmaDemocrats athola inzuzo enkulu okhethweni lwango-1862, kodwa amaRepublican aqhubeka nokulawula ngokusekelwa yi-Unionist Party. Impumelelo enkundleni yempi ikakhulukazi ukuwa kwe-Atlanta  <response>: yasekela kakhulu amaRiphabhulikhi okhethweni lwango-1864. AmaDemocrats azama ukusebenzisa ngokunenzuzo ukusabela okungekuhle ku-Emancipation, kodwa ngo-1864 lokhu kwase kunciphile ngandlela thile ngenxa yempumelelo yayo ekucekeleni phansi iNingizimu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaRepublican enza amacala okuvukela umbuso ngokumelene namaCopperheads aba yimpumelelo yomkhankaso wokukhankasa. Ngokuqhubekayo i-Union Army yaba yiRiphabhulikhi ekwakhekeni kwayo; cishe iningi lamaDemocrats elalibhaliselwe ukubhalisela i-Republican, kubandakanya nabaholi abalulekile abanjengoJohn Logan noBen Butler. 