War, Politics, And Reconstruction - Stormy Days in Louisiana

Informationen zum Autor John C. Rodrigue is an associate professor of history at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the author of Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862-1880. Klappentext 1930. The autobiographical account of Louisiana Governor Warmoth. Warmoth was born in McLeansboro, Illinois. He studied the law and then served with the Union Army in the Civil War, was wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi, dishonorably discharged in the quarrel between generals Grant and McLernand, was restored to service by President Lincoln with full rank and position he would have held if not dismissed. When the war ended he remained in Louisiana, and was elected Governor in 1868. While Warmoth considered himself a southerner, during his term as governor Warmoth presided over a Carpetbagger Reconstruction administration that many describe as Louisiana's most corrupt. This book is an great example of Southern politics and thought following Reconstruction. Zusammenfassung A memoir of the ambitious life and controversial political career of Louisiana governor Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931). It provides an account of the political and social machinations of Civil War America and the war's aftermath in one of the most volatile states of the defeated Confederacy.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Clay Warmoth, Henry Clay/ Rodrigue Warmoth
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9781570036439
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-643-9
• No. of pages: 285
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Southern Classics (Univ of Sou; Southern Classics; Southern Classics (Univ of Sou
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education