TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruddy,Richard A.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Edmund G. Ross: soldier, senator, abolitionist 
SN  - 9780826353757
AV  - E664.R74 R83 2013
U1  - 978.9/04092B 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Albuquerque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Johnson, Andrew,
KW  - Ross, Edmund G.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Senate
KW  - Biography
KW  - Governors
KW  - New Mexico
KW  - Legislators
KW  - History
KW  - 1848-
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Young man working at the case -- The abolitionists: a call to action -- Joining the battle for a free Kansas -- Fighting slavery with words -- Ross, the record, and the railroads -- The Civil War and the Kansas volunteers -- Major Ross: return to civilian life -- Southern president, radical congress -- A surprising death, an unexpected appointment -- Reconstruction: the lines are drawn -- The 1867 election: Pomeroy and Ross -- Congress declares war on the president -- The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson -- Empty accusations: Ross fights back -- The last two years: a working senator -- The campaign to expose Pomeroy -- Liberals versus radicals: shifting alignments -- Albuquerque -- Understanding New Mexico -- Ross and the court of private land claims -- The Santa Fe ring and the territorial legislature -- The final years
N2  - "Ross was a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States"--Provided by publisher
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826353757/
ER  -