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020 _a9780826353757
020 _z9780826353740 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aE664.R74
_bR83 2013
082 0 0 _a978.9/04092
_aB
_223
100 1 _aRuddy, Richard A.,
_d1939-
245 1 0 _aEdmund G. Ross
_h[electronic resource] :
_bsoldier, senator, abolitionist /
_cRichard A. Ruddy.
260 _aAlbuquerque :
_bUniversity of New Mexico Press,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aYoung 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.
520 _a"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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Andrew,
_d1808-1875
_xImpeachment.
600 1 0 _aRoss, Edmund G.
_q(Edmund Gibson),
_d1826-1907.
650 0 _aGovernors
_zNew Mexico
_vBiography.
650 0 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bSenate
_vBiography.
651 0 _aNew Mexico
_xHistory
_y1848-
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826353757/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34255
_d34255