Louis Trezevant Wigfall: The Disintegration of the Union and Collapse of the Confederacy

by Edward S. Cooper

Louis Trezevant Wigfall was a violent, mercurial man. He participated in multiple duels, wounding one opponent and killing another. In an outburst on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Wigfall called upon a Brutus to assassinate Texas governor Sam Houston. During the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861, Wigfall rowed out to the fort and arranged its surrender. While still in the U.S. Senate, Wigfall committed treason by operating a station to recruit soldiers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611475643
• ISBN13: 9781611475647
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher