.# As a supporter of state's rights and slavery, he helped form the Peace Democrats. ... Both Lincoln and Garfield were unencumbered by military theory, and both were able to view their war with fresh common-sense practicality.# Ben Wade was one of the most radical politicians in the United States. ... Many of his attacks on Lincoln were too well remembered.# He supported votes for women, trade union rights and equal civil rights for African Americans. ... In 1864, Wade sponsored a bill that provided for the administration of the affairs of southern states by provisional governors un...

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