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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The younger Pitt, 1806-1836
  • A loyal Whig, 1837-1848
  • Union among ourselves, 1849-1856
  • The road to Civil War, 1857-1861
  • Saving the republic, 1861-1864
  • Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-1865
  • The chief tinker: congressional reconstruction, 1866-1868
  • Epilogue: 1868-1869.

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