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Impeached, the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy, David O. Stewart

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Impeached, the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy, David O. Stewart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-426) and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Impeached

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

301798233

Responsibility statement

David O. Stewart

Sub title

the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy

Summary

This account of the attempt to remove Andrew Johnson from the presidency demolishes the myth that Johnson's impeachment was unjustified

Table Of Contents

Bad beginnings : Spring 1865 -- President Johnson : April 1865 -- Land of revolution : November 1865 -- The opposition gathers : December 1865 -- A government divided against itself : January-June 1866 -- Political war : July-November 1866 -- False start on impeachment : December 1866-June 1867 -- The dangerous sphinx : August-November 1867 -- Impeachment, round two : December 1867 -- Impeachment, round three : December 12, 1867-February 15, 1868 -- Showdown on Seventeenth street : February 15-21, 1868 -- The dam bursts : February 22-24, 1868 -- The Waterloo struggle : February 24-March 4, 1868 -- Send in the lawyers : March 5-29, 1868 -- Influence and Edmund Cooper : March 1868 -- Ben Butler's horse case : March 30-April 8, 1868 -- Defending the President : April 9-20, 1868 -- Counting to seven : April 1868 -- An avalanche of talk : April 22-May 6, 1868 -- The dark men : May 5-9, 1868 -- Scrambling for votes : May 6-12, 1868 -- Desperate days : May 12-15, 1868 -- Free again : May 16-26, 1868 -- Searching for scandal : May 17-July 5, 1868 -- The caravan moves on : January 1, 1869- -- The Rorschach blot

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Impeached

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