James F. Jaquess

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"James Jaquess was a preacher, a college president and colonel of an Illinois regiment. Lincoln invited Jaquess to serve as one of his personal agents. After the Civil War, he was tried for murder, failed as a carpetbagger and convinced family and friends to invest in a bonds venture that ended in his poverty and British prison sentence"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Confederate states of america,  Soldiers,  Illinois, biography,  Methodist church, clergy,  Methodist church, biography,  United states, army, biography,  Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865,  United states, foreign relations,  Methodist Church,  Biography,  Clergy,  Officers,  Military chaplains,  History,  Chaplains,  Friends and associates,  Relations,  Trials, litigation,  United States. Army,  United States