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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.

A Connecticut yankee in Lincoln’s cabinet : Navy Secretary Gideon Welles chronicles the Civil War / Gideon Welles ; edited by J. Ronald Spencer.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-615-96103-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-8195-7498-5 (ebook)

1. Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878—Diaries. 2. United States—Politics and government—1861-1865. 3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Naval operations. 4. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Sources. 5. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865—Friends and associates. 6. Cabinet officers—United States—Diaries. I. Spencer, J. Ronald. II. Title.

E467.1.W46A3 2014

973.7092--dc23

2014004776