The Civil War Diary Of Gideon Welles Lincolns Secretary Of The Navy The Original Manuscript Edition Gideon Welles by Gideon Welles 9780252096433, 9780252038525, 0252096436, 0252038525 instant download after payment.

Perhaps the hardest-working member of the cabinet, Welles still found time to keep a detailed diary that has become one of the key documents for understanding the inner workings of the Lincoln administration. In this new edition, William E. and Erica L. Gienapp have restored Welles's original observations, gleaned from the manuscript diaries at the Library of Congress and freed from his many later revisions, so that the reader can experience what he wrote in the moment. With his vitriolic pen, Welles captures the bitter disputes over strategy and war aims, lacerates colleagues from Secretary of State William H. Seward to General-in-Chief Henry Halleck, and condemns the actions of the self-serving southern elite he sees as responsible for the war. He just as easily waxes eloquent about the Navy's wartime achievements, extols the virtues of Lincoln, and drops in a tidbit of Washington gossip.

Carefully edited and extensively annotated, this edition contains a wealth of supplementary material. The appendixes include short biographies of the members of Lincoln's cabinet, the retrospective Welles wrote after leaving office covering the period missing from the diary proper, and important letters regarding naval matters and international law.

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
Series Editors' Peface
Foreword by James M. McPherson
Editor's Preface
Brief Biography of Gideon Welles
Editorial Policy
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Appendixes
A. Retrospective
B. Brief Biographies of Lincoln's Cabinet
C. Additional Diary Entries
D. Letters
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index|

"One of the primary sources for understanding both the Northern war effort and the federal government at its highest levels. . . . Extremely important for all libraries. Essential."—Choice

"One of the most important journals to emerge from the Civil War Era... This book, many years in the making, is an important contribution to Civil War scholarship." —Blue and Gray Magazine

"It is hard to imagine any Lincoln administration, Civil War military, or Civil War naval studies without Welles' revelations as an inside man to the workings of a government fighting for its life, or his often pungent and sharp-edged personality clips. . . . this user-friendly volume will be the preferred source for one of the most astute observers and active participants of the Civil War."—Naval History
|William E. Gienapp was a professor of history at Harvard University. He authored Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America and The Origins of the Republican Party, 1852-1856 among other publications. Erica L. Gienapp earned a degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley.