Charles Anderson Dana

Recollections of the Civil War (eBook, ePUB)

Civil War Memories Series

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Recollections of the Civil War" is a memoir work by Charles Anderson Dana, a senior government official during the Civil War. Dana spent three years as an Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In his book, Dana brought valuable first hand information about Lincoln's cabinet, General Grant, as well as many interesting anecdotes from the War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Madison & Adams Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664145314
• Artikelnr.: 57084136

Autorenporträt

Charles Anderson Dana (1819 – 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun.