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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Millions of soldiers and civilians passionately supported one side or the other in the American Civil War. For Colonel Lionel Jobert d'Epineuil of the Fifty-Third New York Volunteer Regiment, however, his own advancement mattered more than the outcome of the conflict. This biography analyzes the remarkable exploits of a man driven by ambition--and unhindered by scruples--to attain position and prestige in the Atlantic region during the second half of the nineteenth century. Lionel Jobert (1829-1881) was born in France, but is described as having an Atlantic identity. A ship captain by trade, Jobert exploited unstable governmental conditions in Haiti and the United States to pursue his private interests. Drawing on previously unused sources, Stephen D. Bosworth allows us to view the Civil War from the perspective of a foreign participant whose life constitutes one colorful tile in the vast mosaic that makes up the history of the nineteenth-century Atlantic. |
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Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Allure of Aristocracy -- Chapter 2 Opportunity and Indiscretion: Commander of the Haitian Naval School -- Chapter 3 Atlantic Sisyphus -- Chapter 4 A Second Ascent: The Rise of d'Epineuil's Zouaves -- Chapter 5 A Second Descent: Shattered Hope Amid Civil War -- Chapter 6 Paternity and Performance in Philadelphia -- Chapter 7 The Count and Countess d'Epineuil -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Jobert, Lionel.
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United States. Army. New York Volunteers, 53rd.
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United States. Army. |
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New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
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Regimental histories. |
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New York (State) |
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United States. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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1861-1865 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Bosworth, Stephen D. Lionel Jobert and the American Civil War. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2021 9781438485102 |
| ISBN |
9781438485119 (electronic book) |
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1438485115 (electronic book) |
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1438485093 |
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9781438485096 |
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