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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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Autor principal: Cook, Robert J., 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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