Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union's War Governors

by Stephen D. Engle

Book Overview

In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen D. Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securing victory. In a time of limited federal authority, governors were an essential part of the machine that maintained the Union while it mobilized and sustained the war effort. Charged with the difficult task of raising soldiers from their home states, these governors had to also rally political, economic, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469659069
• ISBN13: 9781469659060
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"