Oliver P. Morton and the Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction

A. James Fuller, "Oliver P. Morton and the Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction"
English | ISBN: 1606353101 | 2017 | 496 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Remembered as the "Great War Governor" who led the state of Indiana during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton has always been a controversial figure. His supporters praised him as a statesman who helped Abraham Lincoln save the Union, while his critics blasted him as a ruthless tyrant who abused the power of his office. Many of his contemporaries and some historians saw him as a partisan politician and an opportunist who shifted his positions to maintain power. Later generations treated Governor Morton as either a hero or a villain and generally forgot about his postwar career as a Radical Republican leader in the U.S. Senate.