Title: James F. Jaquess
Description: "James Jaquess was a preacher, a college president and colonel of an Illinois regiment. Lincoln invited Jaquess to serve as one of his personal agents. After the Civil War, he was tried for murder, failed as a carpetbagger and convinced family and friends to invest in a bonds venture that ended in his poverty and British prison sentence"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Confederate states of america, Soldiers, Illinois, biography, Methodist church, clergy, Methodist church, biography, United states, army, biography, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, United states, foreign relations, Methodist Church, Biography, Clergy, Officers, Military chaplains, History, Chaplains, Friends and associates, Relations, Trials, litigation, United States. Army, United States