Civil War Dynasty : : The Ewing Family of Ohio / / Kenneth J. Heineman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Heineman, Kenneth J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

For years the Ewing family of Ohio has been lost in the historical shadow cast by their in-law, General William T. Sherman. In the era of the Civil War, it was the Ewing family who raised Sherman, got him into West Point, and provided him with the financial resources and political connections to succeed in war. The patriarch, Thomas Ewing, counseled presidents and clashed with radical abolitionists and southern secessionists leading to the Civil War. Three Ewing sons became Union generals, served with distinction at Antietam and Vicksburg, marched through Georgia, and fought guerrillas in Missouri. The Ewing family stood at the center of the Northern debate over emancipation, fought for the soul of the Republican Party, and waged total war against the South.In Civil War Dynasty, Kenneth J. Heineman brings to life this drama of political intrigue and military valor-warts and all. This work is a military, political, religious, and family history, told against the backdrop of disunion, war, violence, and grief.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. “The Devoted Band of Leonidas” -- 2. “Reaching Up into the Blue Ether . . . Sinking Down into the Abyss” -- 3. “Argument Is Exhausted” -- 4. “Render to Caesar” -- 5. “Forlorn Hope” -- 6. “War Is Cruelty” -- 7. “Stand on the Crater of a Living Volcano” -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author