Oliver P. Morton and the politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction
By: A. James Fuller
Contributors: Kent State University. Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9781606353103
Subjects: Politics and government; Legislators; Governors; History; Biography; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-459) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: interpreting the "Great War Governor" and "Reconstruction Senator"; title: A native son; title: A rising republican star; title: The election of 1860; title: The war governor; title: One-man rule; title: Copperheads, treason, and the election of 1864; title: Peace and paralysis; title: Waving the bloody shirt; title: A radical champion for African Americans; title: Stalwart Republican; title: The election of 1876 and the end of an era; title: Morton and the politics of memory.