The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce: The Story of a President and The Civil War

Considered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for that era's Peace Democrats, opposed to President Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and in defense of civil liberties.

A Northerner with many close Southern friends, including Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederacy and his wife, Varina Davis, Pierce was also thought to be a traitor because of such ties and was at one point nearly arrested for suspected seditious behavior.

Author: Garry Boulard
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 06/26/2006
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780595403677
ISBN10: 0595403670
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)

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