Title: The enemy within
Description: "Stoked by a series of major scandals, popular fears of corruption in the Civil War North provide a unique window into Northern culture in the Civil War era. In The enemy within, Michael Thomas Smith relates these scandals -- including those involving John C. Fr?mont's administration in Missouri, Benjamin Butler's in Louisiana, bounty jumping and recruitment fraud, controversial wartime innovations in the Treasury Department, government contracting, and the cotton trade -- to deeper anxieties"--Jacket.
Subjects: Politics and government, Political culture, Resistance to Government, Social aspects, Corrupt practices, Political corruption, Economic aspects, Corruption, Public contracts, History, Government, resistance to, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, economic aspects
Places: United States
Time periods: 1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century