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The Union Leagues were quasi-secretive men’s clubs established separately, starting in 1862, and continuing throughout the Civil War (1861–1865). The oldest Union League of America council member, an organization originally called "The League of Union Men", was formed in June 1862 in Pekin, Illinois. Four months later, on November 22, 1862, the Union League of Philadelphia, the first of the elite eastern Leagues and the second oldest ULA council member, was established (and is still active today, as are the Union League Clubs of New York and Chicago).

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  • Una Liga de la Unión es una de las muchas organizaciones que fueron creadas en 1863 y 1864, durante la Guerra de Secesión de Estados Unidos. Las ligas se crearon para promover la lealtad hacia el bando unionista y la política de Abraham Lincoln. Fueron conocidas también como "Ligas Leales". Normalmente, sus miembros pertenecían a la clase media, y habían trabajado en la Comisión Sanitaria de los Estados Unidos, atendiendo a los soldados heridos después de las batallas. Las ligas también apoyaban al Partido Republicano de los Estados Unidos, con apoyo financiero y logístico; y con activismo político. Al acabar la guerra y durante la , se crearon Ligas de la Unión en los estados del sur, antiguos enemigos de la Unión durante la guerra; el propósito era que sirvieran de apoyo de campo para el partido republicano. Su participación en la discusión política era intensa, así como en la promoción de proyectos civiles, y la movilización de los trabajadores. Había Ligas donde los miembros eran predominantemente negros, emigrantes de los estados del norte, lo cual chocaba de frente con la cultura esclavista y racista que había en ciertos estratos de la sociedad sureña. Los miembros de estas Ligas, especialmente si eran negros, se convertían en objetivo de la violencia de grupos como el Ku Klux Klan, por lo que las Ligas organizaron grupos armados de autodefensa. * Datos: Q7885810 (es)
  • The Union Leagues were quasi-secretive men’s clubs established separately, starting in 1862, and continuing throughout the Civil War (1861–1865). The oldest Union League of America council member, an organization originally called "The League of Union Men", was formed in June 1862 in Pekin, Illinois. Four months later, on November 22, 1862, the Union League of Philadelphia, the first of the elite eastern Leagues and the second oldest ULA council member, was established (and is still active today, as are the Union League Clubs of New York and Chicago). The Union Leagues were established to promote loyalty to the Union of the United States of America, to support the policies of newly elected 16th President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865, served 1861–1865) and to assure his reelection in 1864, and to combat what they believed to be the treasonous words and actions of anti-war, anti-black "Copperhead" Democrats. Though initially nonpartisan, by the election year of 1864 they were in open alliance with the Republican Party, supporting the reelection of Abraham Lincoln, but were also supportive of pro-Union Democrats. The largest and best known of these clubs, formed in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, were composed of prosperous men who raised money for war-related service organizations such as the United States Sanitary Commission, which provided medical care to treat Federal soldiers wounded in battle at a time when the military was ill-prepared for the scale of need. At the same time as these elite clubs were formed, Union Leagues sprang-up throughout the rest of the North, created primarily by working-class men, while women's organizations known as Ladies Union Leagues appeared in towns across the North. In the spring of 1863 these separate, though (mostly) philosophically aligned groups, were organized under the Union League of America (ULA), headquartered in Washington, D.C. (en)
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  • Una Liga de la Unión es una de las muchas organizaciones que fueron creadas en 1863 y 1864, durante la Guerra de Secesión de Estados Unidos. Las ligas se crearon para promover la lealtad hacia el bando unionista y la política de Abraham Lincoln. Fueron conocidas también como "Ligas Leales". Normalmente, sus miembros pertenecían a la clase media, y habían trabajado en la Comisión Sanitaria de los Estados Unidos, atendiendo a los soldados heridos después de las batallas. Las ligas también apoyaban al Partido Republicano de los Estados Unidos, con apoyo financiero y logístico; y con activismo político. (es)
  • The Union Leagues were quasi-secretive men’s clubs established separately, starting in 1862, and continuing throughout the Civil War (1861–1865). The oldest Union League of America council member, an organization originally called "The League of Union Men", was formed in June 1862 in Pekin, Illinois. Four months later, on November 22, 1862, the Union League of Philadelphia, the first of the elite eastern Leagues and the second oldest ULA council member, was established (and is still active today, as are the Union League Clubs of New York and Chicago). (en)
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  • Liga de la Unión (es)
  • Union League (en)
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