The enemy within
fears of corruption in the Civil War North
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Author
Publication
2011 - University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Virginia
Language
English
Word Count
57,250 words, Guess
Page Count
229 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100813931274
- ISBN-100813931371
- ISBN-139780813931272
- ISBN-139780813931371
- Library of Congress Control Number2010042973
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number671573381
- Better World Books9780813931272
- Better World Books9780813931371
- Open LibraryOL25023034M
Classifications
- DDC973.7/1
- LCCE459 .S65 2011
- LCCE459.S65 2011
Description
"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 Butler's in Louisiana, bounty jumping and recruitment fraud, controversial wartime innovations in the Treasury Department, government contracting, and the cotton trade -- to deeper anxieties"--Jacket.
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Series Statement
- A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era
- Nation divided
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