Download or read book Senator Henry Wilson and the Civil War written by John L. Myers and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the beginning of the Civil War, Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson had established himself as one of the leaders of the Republican party. Together with Abraham Lincoln and Henry B. Stanton, Wilson ranks as one of the three most important civilian figures that contributed to creating and sustaining the military. As Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, he introduced and succeeded in passing most of the necessary legislation to obtain and to support an army, including the Enrollment Act of 1863. Wilson, more than any other politician was responsible for influencing the successful passage of antislavery legislation during the Civil War years. Contemporary newspapers gave him the primary credit for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, which was the most important abolition step prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. When free Black men were admitted to the army, Wilson worked hard to obtain equal pay for them. Late in the war, he played a major role in the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau. Among his other legendary achievements, Wilson used his influential position to support Clara Barton, enabling her to aid wounded soldiers. He also introduced and succeeded in having passed legislation creating the Congressional Medal of Honor and establishing the National Academy of Science.

Download or read book Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction written by John L. Myers and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began, Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction, Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed slaves, but he was opposed to the severe punishment of Confederate leaders and initially tried to be conciliatory toward President Johnson's lenient policies. Soon Wilson joined others in promoting Congress's own Reconstruction program, including the 14th and 15th Amendments, the Military Reconstruction Acts, and the impeachment of the President. He became the Republican Party's most frequently-used campaign speaker. Long recognized as a spokesman for labor, he was also the foremost national politician promoting the cause of prohibition. He wrote the most authoritative three-volume work on the causes of the Civil War from the northern viewpoint. He was also a frequent contributor to the era's most influential religious periodical. In 1872, Wilson was rewarded for his political activities when he was nominated and elected as the country's vice-president.

Download or read book Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War written by John L. Myers and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 2005 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography deals with the life of Henry Wilson, one of the most important figures of the middle third of the Nineteenth Century, up to the time of the Civil War. Among its concerns are the political antislavery movement, economic development, the rise of a working class politician in an aristocratic-controlled state, prohibition, and Massachusetts state history.

Download or read book Speech of Hon Henry Wilson of Massachusetts on Representation of Rebel States written by Henry Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letter from Senator Henry Wilson to Rose O Neal Greenhow written by Henry Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a Washington, D.C. socialite and?one of the most infamous spies during the Civil War, received sensitive information from a wide variety of?sources, including her dentist. It is believed, though, that most of her intelligence came?from Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson. Letters from Wilson were signed "H" and it is possible that he was romantically interested in Greenhow and was the source of the information that she passed on before the First Battle of Manassas.??Greenhow was later arrested for her espionage activities by Allan Pinkerton, head of the newly formed?Secret Service. Eventually she was released from prison and exiled to Richmond, Virginia, where she was welcomed as a hero. President Jefferson Davis sent her to Europe as a emissary, where she met with Queen Victoria and Napoleon III.

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Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Hon Henry Wilson written by Elias Nason and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson written by Thomas Russell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Download or read book Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Henry Wilson Vice president of the United States Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives January 21 1876 with Other Congressional Tributes of Respect written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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Download or read book The Moralist written by Patricia O'Toole and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Patricia O’Toole’s “superb” (The New York Times) account of Woodrow Wilson, one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents. A “gripping” (USA TODAY) biography, The Moralist is “an essential contribution to presidential history” (Booklist, starred review). “In graceful prose and deep scholarship, Patricia O’Toole casts new light on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). The Moralist shows how Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and women’s suffrage. As a Southern boy during the Civil War, he knew the ravages of war, and as president he refused to lead the country into World War I until he was convinced that Germany posed a direct threat to the United States. Once committed, he was an admirable commander-in-chief, yet he also presided over the harshest suppression of political dissent in American history. After the war Wilson became the world’s most ardent champion of liberal internationalism—a democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilson’s leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the world’s democracies. The creation of the League, Wilson’s last great triumph, was quickly followed by two crushing blows: a paralyzing stroke and the rejection of the treaty that would have allowed the United States to join the League. Ultimately, Wilson’s liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relations—for better and worse—ever since. A cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs, The Moralist “does full justice to Wilson’s complexities” (The Wall Street Journal).

Download or read book The Life of Henry Wilson written by J. B. Mann and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Download or read book Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Henry Wilson vice president of the United States written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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