Lincoln's autocrat : the life of Edwin Stanton /

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Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. William Marvel offers a detai...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marvel, William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Stanton, Edwin M. > (Edwin McMasters), > 1814-1869.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
United States. > War Department > Biography.
United States. > War Department.
1861-1877
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Biography.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ministres > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Cabinet officers.
Friendship.
Politics and government.
Statesmen.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1869.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1869.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Banks of the Ohio
  • The wife of his youth
  • The golden triangle
  • The princess of Penn Street
  • The California mission
  • An honourable murderer
  • The court spy
  • Metamorphosis
  • Best friend to all
  • The cabal
  • The war within
  • Organizing victory
  • Prisoners of circumstance
  • Minister of propaganda
  • The gift of martyrdom
  • Avenging angel
  • The Trojan horse
  • End of the tether
  • The stealthy applicant.

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