Civil War Senator : William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic /

One of the most talented and influential American politicians of the nineteenth century, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) helped devise Union grand strategy during the Civil War. A native of Maine and son of a fiery New England abolitionist, he served in the United States Senate as a member of the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cook, Robert J., 1958- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2011]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Fessenden, William Pitt, > 1806-1869
Fessenden, William Pitt, > 1806-1869.
Politics and government
Legislators.
Cabinet officers.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ministres > États-Unis > Biographies.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
United States.
Maine.
Maine > Biographies.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
Maine > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:One of the most talented and influential American politicians of the nineteenth century, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) helped devise Union grand strategy during the Civil War. A native of Maine and son of a fiery New England abolitionist, he served in the United States Senate as a member of the Whig Party during the Kansas-Nebraska crisis and played a formative role in the development of the Republican Party. In this richly textured and fast-paced biography, Robert J. Cook charts Fessenden's rise to power and probes the potent mix of political ambition and republican ideology which impell.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages).
ISBN:9780807138267

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