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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press William Worth Belknap: William Worth Belknap
This is the biography of a man who, by virtue of his excellent Civil War record, became President GrantOs Secretary of War only to fall willingly into the corruption of Washington society and of two wives who demanded social prominence.
£108.12
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Traitors: The Secession Period November 1860- July 1861
A myth has grown that there were no traitors during the period leading up to the American Civil War. Edward S. Cooper debunks that myth in this book. He provides documentation that officers on active duty in the army and navy of the United States secretly negotiated for positions in the Confederacy, surrendered their ships, forts, and posts to state authorities, conspired in the seizure of other forts, deserted their posts and advised their subordinates to join them, and wrote letters detailing how the Confederacy could defeat the very army and navy in which they were serving. Members of the president's cabinet ensured southern arsenals were stocked with northern weapons, posted southern sympathizers to forts and arsenals in the south, and sold weapons to agents for states that had announced their intention to secede and gave southern states of Federal troop movements, obtain plans of arsenals and forts and how they were manned, and acquire lists of military officers along with their pay in order to seduce them into Confederate service. The governors of some slave-holding states had men seize forts and arsenals, burned bridges to impede the movement of Federal troops, and allowed Confederate troops into their states before they had seceded or even called conventions to consider secession. In her 1904 memoir, Virginia Clay referred to the Secession period as a time when "men eyed each other warily and spoke guardedly, save to the most tried and proved friend. Many a scene secret, grave, and treasonable took place those last lowering weeks." The author has ferreted out those who spoke and acted guardedly as well as those who spoke and acted openly, committing treason while holding office or commissions and having sworn allegiance to the Constitution, distinguishing them from others who, like Virginia's husband Senator Clement Clay of Alabama, resigned their offices or commissions before acting on behalf of the Confederacy. This is a rogues' gallery of the dishonorable or disingenuous. The author has thorou
£105.96
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Louis Trezevant Wigfall: The Disintegration of the Union and Collapse of the Confederacy
Louis Trezevant Wigfall was a violent, mercurial man. He participated in multiple duels, wounding one opponent and killing another. In an outburst on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Wigfall called upon a Brutus to assassinate Texas governor Sam Houston. During the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861, Wigfall rowed out to the fort and arranged its surrender. While still in the U.S. Senate, Wigfall committed treason by operating a station to recruit soldiers for the Confederacy by supplying arms to seceded states and by forwarding information on Union decisions and movements. Wigfall’s oratorical skills convinced Southern ruling classes there was nothing to fear by seceding. He assured them that the North would not fight, that they could not blockade southern ports, that Europe needed Southern cotton, and that England would aid the Confederacy. Wigfall was able to convince Southern states to secede. In this succinct biography of Wigfall, Edward S. Cooper discusses how this violent and mercurial man contributed to the disintegration of the Union and why he was a primary factor in the collapse of the Confederacy.
£77.00
