An edition of Charles Dahlgren of Natchez (2002)
Charles Dahlgren of Natchez
the Civil War and dynastic decline
By Herschel Gower
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
Brassey's
Language
eng
Pages
293
Description:
"Charles Dahlgren of Natchez traces the rise and fall of an ambitious Northerner and his hope of founding a dynasty in the antebellum South. Biographer Herschel Gower eloquently recounts the fascinating true story of Charles Dahlgren, his famous brothers, and their families, as personal rivalries and sectional loyalties pitted them brother against brother in the American Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: Biography, History, Natchez (Miss.) Civil War, 1861-1865, Plantation owners, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Social conditions, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, Reconstruction
People: Charles Gustavus Dahlgren (1808-1888), Dahlgren family
Places: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Mississippi, Natchez, Natchez (Miss.), Philadelphia (Pa.), United States
Times: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865