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Author Sawrey, Robert D. (Robert Dixon), author.

Title Dubious victory : the reconstruction debate in Ohio / Robert D. Sawrey.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages)
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Physical Medium polychrome
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables & Map; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Looking for Solutions; 2. The Endorsement of Johnson's Policy; 3. Johnson's Policy Rejected; 4. Standing Firm; 5. Reining in the Republicans; 6. Success in Sight?; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary ""To the victors belong the spoils"" is a time-honored cliche. When in 1865 northern armies defeated the greatest challenge ever posed to the Union, issues of spoils and peace terms dominated public debate. But precisely what did the victorious North want from the Reconstruction process? Historians generally have shown far less interest in northern goals than in what terms southerners were willing to accept. Robert Sawrey now seeks to redress the balance by examining the post-Civil War attitudes of a representative northern state, Ohio. Sawrey's probing study explores precisely what the key iss.
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Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Public opinion.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Public opinion.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Ohio.
Ohio.
Public opinion -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sawrey, Robert D. Dubious Victory : The Reconstruction Debate in Ohio. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813117768
ISBN 9780813159201 (electronic book)
0813159202 (electronic book)