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The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce: The Story of a President and the Civil War
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9780595403677
Overview
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Considered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for that era's Peace Democrats, opposed to President Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and in defense of civil liberties.
A Northerner with many close Southern friends, including Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederacy and his wife, Varina Davis, Pierce was also thought to be a traitor because of such ties and was at one point nearly arrested for suspected seditious behavior.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Boulard, Garry
- ISBN: 9780595403677
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.48
- Number Of Pages: 208
- Publication Year: 2006
Language:
English