Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic
One of the most talented and influential American politicians of the nineteenth century, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) helped devise Union grand strategy during the Civil War. A native of Maine and son of a fiery New England abolitionist, he served in the United States Senate as a member of the Whig Party during the Kansas-Nebraska crisis and played a formative role i...more
Hardcover, 316 pages
Published
February 1st 2011
by Louisiana State University Press
(first published January 1st 2011)
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