Lincoln's Autocrat The Life of Edwin Stanton / William Marvel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marvel, William.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869.

United States. War Department--Biography.

United States.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

United States--Politics and government--1865-1869.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Biography.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (632 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy.

Contents:

Banks of the Ohio

The wife of his youth

The golden triangle

The princess of Penn Street

The California mission

An honourable murderer

The court spy

Metamorphosis

Best friend to all

The cabal

The war within

Organizing victory

Prisoners of circumstance

Minister of propaganda

The gift of martyrdom

Avenging angel

The Trojan horse

End of the tether

The stealthy applicant.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908471-5-7

979-88-908471-6-4

1-4696-3615-8

1-4696-2331-5

OCLC:

905784879