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

Authors:
Fuller, A. James, Kent State University., Press,
Other Authors:
Kent State University. Press, publisher.
Item ID:
71201800200034
Publisher:
Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2017]; �2017
ISBN:
9781606353103; 1606353101; 9781631012716
Call Number:
F526.M87 F85 2017
Physical Description:
xxvi, 467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Topic:
Governors -- Indiana -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877.
Indiana -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-459) and index.; 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.
OCLC Number:
ocn967370426
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets