Post Office London Directory For 1899

Author : Stephen D. Bosworth
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438485115
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Lionel Jobert and the American Civil War written by Stephen D. Bosworth and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.