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Zealots. Five radicals: Saints or sinners

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Date Issued:
2001
Summary:
The Zealots were an alliance of five United States Senators and Representatives who led the radical wing of the Republican Party from the years 1860 to 1868. They clashed with President Lincoln over emancipation and how the Civil War was conducted, overcame the hostility of President Johnson and finally imposed on the South, a reconstruction plan of their own. Chronicled here is how the five radical leaders by aggressively working in concert became the driving Congressional force in the prosecution of the War.
Title: The Zealots. Five radicals: Saints or sinners.
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Name(s): Smith, Richard Morton.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Engle, Stephen D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 128 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The Zealots were an alliance of five United States Senators and Representatives who led the radical wing of the Republican Party from the years 1860 to 1868. They clashed with President Lincoln over emancipation and how the Civil War was conducted, overcame the hostility of President Johnson and finally imposed on the South, a reconstruction plan of their own. Chronicled here is how the five radical leaders by aggressively working in concert became the driving Congressional force in the prosecution of the War.
Identifier: 9780493418230 (isbn), 12861 (digitool), FADT12861 (IID), fau:9735 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Subject(s): United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
Republican Party (US : 1854- )
Radicals--United States--History
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