Diary of Gideon Welles, Volume II

Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson

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Gideon Welles

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"In this point of view, this Diary of Mr. Welles is among the most valuable documents within reach of our historical writers. As between the two, a diary should be accorded greater value than letters, for it is apt to be more ingenuous, more honest. Thus it is not possible to imagine that any historian can possibly have access to better evidence than this Diary of Mr. Welles." --John T. Morse, Jr., in the Introduction, 1909 Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson Vol. II offers the view and experiences of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War, of the Abraham Lincoln administration, and of the Andrew Johnson administration that followed. This volume covers the period of April 1,1864 through December 31, 1866. It was a lifelong custom of Gideon Welles to keep a diary, including during his years in public office. By 1909, his diaries, edited by Welles's son Edgar, were published.

Author Biography:

GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878), born into a wealthy Connecticut family, studied law, co-founded the Hartford Times in 1826, and joined the Connecticut legislature in 1827 as a Jacksonian Democrat. In 1854, Welles quit the Democrats and joined the Republican Party. In 1856 he founded the Hartford Evening Press, one of the first Republican papers in New England. Due to his strong support for Abraham Lincoln, he became Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869.

Release date NZ

June 24th, 2020

Author

Gideon Welles

Pages

688

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

140x216x38

ISBN-13

9781646791477

Product ID

34188410

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