The Enemy Within: Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North

by Michael Thomas Smith

Stoked by a series of major scandals, popular fears of corruption in the Civil War North provide a unique window into Northern culture in the Civil War era. In The Enemy Within, Michael Thomas Smith relates these scandals--including those involving John C. Fr mont's administration in Missouri, Benjamin F. Butler's in Louisiana, bounty jumping and recruitment fraud, controversial wartime innovations in the Treasury Department, government contracting,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813931274
• ISBN13: 9780813931272
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher