Oliver P. Morton and the Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction /

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Remembered as the "Great War Governor" who led the state of Indiana during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton has always been a controversial figure. His supporters praised him as a statesman who helped Abraham Lincoln save the Union, while his critics blasted him as a ruthless tyrant who abu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fuller, A. James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Morton, Oliver P. > (Oliver Perry), > 1823-1877.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
Governors.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Gouverneurs > Indiana > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Governors > Indiana > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States.
Indiana.
Indiana > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
Indiana > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Biographies.
Indiana > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Indiana > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: interpreting the "great war governor" and reconstruction senator
  • A native son
  • A rising republican star
  • The election of 1860
  • The war governor
  • One-man rule
  • Copperheads, treason, and the election of 1864
  • Peace and paralysis
  • Waving the bloody shirt
  • A radical champion for African Americans
  • Stalwart Republican
  • The election of 1876 and the end of an era
  • Morton and the politics of memory.

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