Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction

John L. Myers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2009
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-4742-7 (ISBN)

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Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began, Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction, Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed slaves, but he was opposed to the severe punishment of Confederate leaders and initially tried to be conciliatory toward President Johnson's lenient policies. Soon Wilson joined others in promoting Congress's own Reconstruction program, including the 14th and 15th Amendments, the Military Reconstruction Acts, and the impeachment of the President. He became the Republican Party's most frequently-used campaign speaker. Long recognized as a spokesman for labor, he was also the foremost national politician promoting the cause of prohibition. He wrote the most authoritative three-volume work on the causes of the Civil War from the northern viewpoint. He was also a frequent contributor to the era's most influential religious periodical. In 1872, Wilson was rewarded for his political activities when he was nominated and elected as the country's vice-president.

John L. Myers is emeritus professor of history, State University of New York, Plattsburgh. He has previously published Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War (University Press of America, 2005) and Senator Henry Wilson and the Civil War (University Press of America, 2008). He has written a large number of articles dealing with the antislavery agents of the 1830s. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Chapter 1: At War's End Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Break Between Congress and Johnson Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Congress vs. the President Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The Failure to Impeach the President Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Republican Party Endorsed Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Grant and New Issues Chapter 8 Chapter 7: The Republican Party Begins to Divide Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Senate and Party Reconciler Chapter 10 Chapter 9: Election as Vice-President Chapter 11 Chapter 10: The Slave Power in America Chapter 12 Chapter 11: The Vice-President Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Notes Chapter 15 Index Chapter 16 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.9.2009
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 255 mm
Gewicht	646 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7618-4742-1 / 0761847421
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-4742-7 / 9780761847427
Zustand	Neuware