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Considered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for that era's Peace Democrats, opposed to President Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and in defense of civil liberties.
A Northerner with many close Southern friends, including Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederacy and his wife, Varina Davis, Pierce was also thought to be a traitor because of such ties and was at one point nearly arrested for suspected seditious behavior.
ISBN-13 | 9780595403677 |
ISBN-10 | 0595403670 |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Publication Date | 2006-06-26 |
Edition | First Edition |
Language | en |
Pages | 204 |
Dimensions | in x in x in |
Weight | lbs |
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