In a recent poll of leading historians, Charles A. Dana was Named
among the "Twenty-Five Most Influential Civil War Figures You've
Probably Never Heard Of." If you have heard of Dana, it was
probably from his classic Recollections of the Civil War (1898),
which was ghostwritten by muckraker Ida Tarbell and riddled with
errors cited by unsuspecting historians ever since. Lincoln's
Informer at long last Sets the record straight, giving Charles A.
Dana his due in a story that rivals the best historical fiction.
Dana didn't just record history, Carl J. Guarneri notes: he made
it. Starting out as managing editor of Horace Greeley's New York
Tribune, he led the newspaper's charge against proslavery forces in
Congress and the Kansas territory. When his criticism of the
Union's prosecution of the war became too much for Greeley, Dana
was drafted by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to be a special
agent-and it was in this capacity that he truly made his mark.
Drawing on Dana's reports, letters, and telegrams-"the most
remarkable, interesting, and instructive collection of official
documents relating to the Rebellion," according to the custodian of
the Union war records-Guarneri reconstructs the Civil War as Dana
experienced and observed it: as a journalist, a confidential
informant to Stanton and Lincoln, and, most controversially, an
administration insider with surprising influence. While reporting
most of the war's major events, Dana also had a hand in military
investigations, the cotton trade, Lincoln's reelection, passage of
the Thirteenth Amendment, and, most notably, the making of Ulysses
S. Grant and the breaking of other generals. Dana's reporting and
Guarneri's lively narrative provide fresh impressions of Lincoln,
Stanton, Grant, and other Union war leaders. Lincoln's Informer
shows us the unlikely role of a little-known confidant and
informant in the Lincoln administration's military and political
successes. A remarkable inside look at history unfolding, this book
draws the first complete picture of a fascinating character writing
his chapter in the story of the Civil War.
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