Civil War Dynasty: The Ewing Family of Ohio

by Kenneth J. Heineman

Book Overview

For years the Ewing family of Ohio has been lost in the historical shadow cast by their in-law, General William T. Sherman. In the era of the Civil War, it was the Ewing family who raised Sherman, got him into West Point, and provided him with the financial resources and political connections to succeed in war. The patriarch, Thomas Ewing, counseled presidents and clashed with radical abolitionists and southern secessionists leading to the Civil...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081477301X
• ISBN13: 9780814773017
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"