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Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners.

Language

en

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Steve Klynsma and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2013-01-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Daniel W. (Daniel Wheelwright) Gooch

Daniel W. (Daniel Wheelwright) Gooch

1820–1891

A Massachusetts lawyer, congressman, and railroad executive, he moved between politics and industry during a period of rapid change in 19th-century America. He is especially remembered for his years in the U.S. House and for later leading a major New England railroad.

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United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

Created during the Civil War, this powerful congressional committee investigated Union military setbacks and shaped public arguments about how the war should be fought. Its secret hearings and blunt reports made it one of the era’s most controversial voices in Washington.

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B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Wade

B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Wade

1800–1878

A fierce antislavery politician and one of the most outspoken Radical Republicans of the Civil War era, he became a powerful voice in the U.S. Senate at a turning point in American history.

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