Congress at war : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America
- Author/Creator:
- Bordewich, Fergus M., author
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- First edition.
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- Full Title:
- Congress at war : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America / Fergus M. Bordewich
- Variant Titles:
- How Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--19th century
United States.Congress--History--19th century
Social change--United States--History--19th century
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War -- a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. This [...] new perspective on the Civil War overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly led the Union to victory and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the war. Building a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress--Thaddeus Stevens, Pitt Fessenden, Ben Wade, and the pro-slavery Clement Vallandigham--Fergus Bordewich shows us how a newly empowered Republican party shaped one of the most dynamic and consequential periods in American history. From reinventing the nation's financial system to pushing President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves to the planning for Reconstruction, Congress undertook drastic measures to defeat the Confederacy, in the process laying the foundation for a strong central government that came fully into being in the twentieth century. Brimming with drama and outsized characters, Congress at War is also one of the most original books about the Civil War to appear in years and will change the way we understand the conflict." --
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xx, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- General Note:
- "A Borzoi Book."
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937004961202486
- ISBN:
- 9780451494443
045149444X - OCLC Number:
- 1104215727
- Barcode:
- 010003134940
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