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General Wadsworth : the life and wars of Brevet General James S. Wadsworth / Wayne Mahood.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.W13 M34 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahood, Wayne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864.
- Wadsworth, James S.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo Press edition 2003.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo, 2003.
- Summary:
- James S. Wadsworth was a successful lawyer and influential New York politician when the Civil War broke out. His wealth, strong anti-slavery views, and active support of President Lincoln made him a controversial public figure in the early war years. In 1863, he was given a field command and proved himself to be one of the Union's most able and daring commanders, although he died before the war ended. His battlefield boldness and righteous resolve to end slavery is, as former U.S. Congressman James W. Symington says, " vivid reminder that our Civil War was, indeed, fought on moral grounds."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 030681238X
- OCLC:
- 52325215
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