02660cam a2200337 i 4500 771755050 TxAuBib 20200319120000.0 190429s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019015354 9780451494443 HRD 32.50 045149444X HRD 32.50 DLC eng rda DLC GCmBT TxAuBib rda Bordewich, Fergus M, author. Congress at War. Congress at War [Book] : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America / Fergus M. Bordewich. How Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. xx, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-427) and index. The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War--a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. A brilliantly argued new perspective on the Civil War that overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly lead the Union to victory, and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the war. uilding a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress--Thaddeus Stevens, Pitt Fessenden, Ben Wade, and the pro-slavery Clement Vallandigham--Fergus Bordewich shows us how a newly empowered Republican party shaped one of the most dynamic and consequential periods in American history. From reinventing the nation's financial system to pushing President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves to the planning for Reconstruction, Congress undertook drastic measures to defeat the Confederacy, in the process laying the foundation for a strong central government that came fully into being in the twentieth century. Brimming with drama and outsized characters, Congress at War is also one of the most original books about the Civil War to appear in years, and will change the way we understand the conflict. 20200319. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854) History 19th century. United States Congress History 19th century. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Social change United States History 19th century.