Kate Chase and William Sprague: Politics and Gender in a Civil War Marriage

by Peg A. Lamphier

The marriage of Kate Chase to William Sprague inaugurated the most publicized union and divorce of the Civil War era. Katherine "Kate" Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, a leading antislavery politician and member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Motherless from an early age, she became her father's official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager. At the opening of the Civil War, her husband,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080322947X
• ISBN13: 9780803229471
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Unp - Nebraska
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 6.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.5"