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In 1860, Harlan switched parties again to the Constitutional Union Party and supported it's candidate, [[John Bell]], for president.<ref name="ANB"/> He supported the party because it supported the Union as opposed to succession but opposed abolitionism.<ref name="ANB"/> During the [[Civil War]], Harlan was a strong supporter of remaining in the Union, and in September 1861, he "formed the Tenth Kentucky Volunteers, serving as the unit's colonel and seeing action in both his home state and [[Tennessee]]."<ref name="ANB"/> In February of 1863, president [[Abraham Lincoln]]"recommended to Congress that Harlan be promoted to brigadier general," however, due to the recent death of his father, Harlan declined the nomination and resigned from the army.<ref name="ANB"/>
In 1860, Harlan switched parties again to the Constitutional Union Party and supported it's candidate, [[John Bell]], for president.<ref name="ANB"/> He supported the party because it supported the Union as opposed to succession but opposed abolitionism.<ref name="ANB"/> During the [[Civil War]], Harlan was a strong supporter of remaining in the Union, and in September 1861, he "formed the Tenth Kentucky Volunteers, serving as the unit's colonel and seeing action in both his home state and [[Tennessee]]."<ref name="ANB"/> In February of 1863, president [[Abraham Lincoln]]"recommended to Congress that Harlan be promoted to brigadier general," however, due to the recent death of his father, Harlan declined the nomination and resigned from the army.<ref name="ANB"/>
Three weeks after resigning from the Union army, Harlan was nominated by the Union Party for the position of Attorney General of Kentucky, and he easily won the election.<ref name="ANB"/>
He gave many recorded racist and states' rights speeches that became an embarrassment after the [[Civil War]], in which he served on the [[Union]].
He gave many recorded racist and states' rights speeches that became an embarrassment after the [[Civil War]], in which he served on the [[Union]].