A Connecticut yankee in Lincoln's cabinet [electronic resource] : Navy Secretary Gideon Welles chronicles the Civil War / Gideon Welles ; edited by J. Ronald Spencer.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Hartford, Connecticut : The Acorn Club, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780819574985
- 0819574988
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 -- Diaries
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Cabinet officers -- United States -- Diaries
- 973.7092 23
- E467.1.W46 A3 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Emancipation Proclamation and beyond -- Cabinet problems and cabinet crisis -- Welles on Lincoln -- Taking the measure of men -- Generals and admirals at war -- Navy Department challenges -- Home-state matters -- Sidelights and personal notes -- Reflections on the war -- Lincoln's assassination.
Description based on print version record.
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