A Connecticut Yankee in Lincoln's Cabinet: Navy Secretary Gideon Welles Chronicles the Civil War

by Gideon Welles

The Civil War through the eyes of a key member of Lincoln's cabinet

Gideon Welles, the Connecticut journalist-politician who served as Lincoln's secretary of the navy, was not only an architect of Union victory but also a shrewd observer of people, issues, and events. Fortunately for posterity, he recorded many of his observations in his extensive diary. A Connecticut Yankee in Lincoln's Cabinet brings together 250 of the most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615961037
• ISBN13: 9780615961033
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"