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Abel D. Streight
1829–1892
Best known as a Union Civil War officer, he also moved through business, publishing, and politics in Indiana. His writing reflects the urgency of the national crisis just before the war.
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About the author
Born in New York in 1828, Abel D. Streight later built a varied career in the Midwest, working as a building contractor, lumber merchant, and publisher before becoming active in Republican politics in Indianapolis.
He is most widely remembered for his Civil War service. Streight organized the 51st Indiana Infantry, rose to prominence as a Union officer, and became closely associated with the 1863 expedition known as Streight's Raid.
As an author, he is linked with The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States, a work published in 1861 that addressed the political turmoil surrounding the coming of the Civil War. He died in Indianapolis in 1892.