Louis Trezevant Wigfall
The Disintegration of the Union and Collapse of the Confederacy
Louis Trezevant Wigfall was a violent, mercurial man. He participated in multiple duels, wounding one opponent and killing another. In an outburst on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Wigfall called upon a Brutus to assassinate Texas governor Sam Houston. During the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861, Wigfall rowed out to the fort and arranged its surrender. While still in the U.S. Senate, Wigfall committed treason by operating a station to recruit soldiers for the Confederacy by supplying arms to seceded states and by forwarding information on Union decisions and movements. Wigfall's oratorical skills convinced Southern ruling classes there was…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61147-565-4
- EAN: 9781611475654
- Produktnummer: 22999740
- Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 212 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 576 KB
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