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James F. Jaquess : scholar, soldier and private agent for President Lincoln / Patricia B. Burnette.
Van Pelt Library E415.9.J37 B87 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnette, Patricia B., 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jaquess, James Frazier, 1819-1898.
- Jaquess, James Frazier.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Methodist Church--Illinois--Clergy--Biography.
- Methodist Church.
- Soldiers--Illinois--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- Relations.
- Friends and associates.
- History.
- Chaplains.
- Clergy.
- Illinois.
- Military chaplains--United States--Biography.
- Military chaplains.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States--Relations--Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America--Relations--United States.
- Confederate States of America.
- Jaquess, James Frazier, 1819-1898--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- The Early Years, 1819-1848
- Jacksonville, Illinois
- Quincy, Illinois
- Chaplain, 6th Illinois Cavalry
- Colonel, 73rd Illinois Infantry
- Private Agent for President Lincoln
- Trial for Murder by Abortion
- Carpetbagger in Arkansas and Mississippi
- Townley Fortune in England
- Trials in London and Time in Pentonville Prison
- Return to America for His Last Years
- Epilogue: A Review of James F. Jaquess' Life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786473588
- 0786473584
- OCLC:
- 817595612
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