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Two against Lincoln : Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour : champions of the loyal opposition /

The book is an account of two influential opponents of Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War era, Revardy Johnson, conservative Unionist senator of Maryland, and Horatio Seymour, Democrat governor of New York during the Civil War and presidential candidate in 1868.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, William C. (William Charles), 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist
  • Defender of the republic and the Constitution
  • Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration
  • Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis
  • After the war: Republican adversary
  • Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader
  • Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring
  • A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863
  • Democratic champion, 1864
  • Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate
  • Conclusions.