Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06189 Author/Creator: Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 466 p. : ill. ; 19.1 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy
Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand-point of uncompromising devotion to the American Union as established by our fathers, and unmitigated hostility to the armed rebels who are seeking its destruction."
Brownlow served as Governor of Tennessee 1865-1869 and United States Senator from Tennessee 1869-1874. He did not oppose slavery, but strongly opposed secession.
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