By Robert B. Mitchell
ISBN-10: 1889020265
ISBN-13: 9781889020266
ISBN-10: 1889020303
ISBN-13: 9781889020303
Outlining the profession of a political candidate whose campaigns for the White apartment helped swap the process American politics, this in-depth research explores the non secular convictions of James B. Weaver and the function they performed in his political contributions. providing a wide ranging view of a few of the nice occasions of the nineteenth century—the California Gold Rush, the Civil battle, and presidential politics, from Abraham Lincoln to the increase of William Jennings Bryan—this insightful and exact account additionally sheds new gentle at the impact of 3rd events in presidential elections and the federal government’s position in decreasing fiscal difficulty.
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Baker was seriously wounded during the first day’s fighting, and command of the regiment fell to Lt. Col. N. W. Mills, who was incapacitated on the following day. Suddenly, the twenty-nine-year-old Weaver found himself at the head of the regiment in the midst of a desperate battle. He rose to the challenge. “Major Weaver seemed to realize the responsibility that rested upon him, and displayed the greatest courage in directing his men in keeping close to the line of Battle, and encouraging his men to advance upon the enemy,” Duffield wrote.
According to Duffield’s account, Weaver’s performance on the battlefield removed any doubts about his fitness for command. 23 The battle of Corinth ended in a Union victory that made it possible for Grant to advance on Vicksburg, but the cost was high for the Second Iowa. The regiment entered the battle with 346 men. At its conclusion, 108 lay dead or wounded, including Baker and Mills, both of whom died from the wounds they suffered. ” Weaver poured out his pain at the deaths of his friends and neighbors in a letter to Clara written eight days after the battle concluded.
28 In addition to struggling against the monotony of garrison duty, officers faced the complex challenge of occupation as Union forces found themselves in the midst of a hostile and destitute population. Advising a Union officer stationed in northern Alabama, Gen. S. ” Sherman counseled tolerance for those who simply tended to their homes, farms, and businesses, but he urged severe measures for anyone who provided material aid to Confederate forces. “These are wellestablished principles of war, and the people of the South having appealed to war, are barred from appealing to our Constitution, which they have practi- 46 skirmisher • James B.
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