Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic

by Robert J. Cook

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 in the development of the Republican Party. In this richly textured and fast-paced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807137073
• ISBN13: 9780807137079
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"