. The life of William A. Buckingham, the war governor of Connecticut, with a review of his public acts, and especially the distinguished services he rendered his country during the war of the rebellion; with which is incorporated, a condensed account of the more important campaigns of the war, and information from private sources and family and official documents . , 4, proviso, prompt action to furnishsoldiers. 132. Yale students volunteer, , 223. •L JAN X;^^^~vO^^ Copyrighted, 1894. CLARK W. BRYAN COMPANYPRINTERS, ELECTROTYPERS, BINDERSSPRINGFIELD, MASS.


. The life of William A. Buckingham, the war governor of Connecticut, with a review of his public acts, and especially the distinguished services he rendered his country during the war of the rebellion; with which is incorporated, a condensed account of the more important campaigns of the war, and information from private sources and family and official documents . , 4, proviso, prompt action to furnishsoldiers. 132. Yale students volunteer, , 223. •L JAN X;^^^~vO^^ Copyrighted, 1894. CLARK W. BRYAN COMPANYPRINTERS, ELECTROTYPERS, BINDERSSPRINGFIELD, MASS. To ficeuri liuch high public interests, the State ofConnecticut will bind her destinies more closely to those ofthe Gieneral Croiiernment, and in adoptinr/ the measuressuggested, she tvill unreservedln pledge all her pecuniaryand physical resources and all her moral poacrs. CONTENTS. The Buckingham Family. GovERNOK Buckinghams Home and Training, - - - - 4 CHAPTEPw Country Before the War, - - - - - - 17 How Slavery was at First Regarded—The Expectation that it Would at Last Ceaseto Exist—Agreements for Its Restriction Broken—The Missouri Compromise,Fugitive Slave Law and Kansas Question—Birth of the Republican Partv. CHAPTER Buckinghams Election in 1858, ----- 31 Financial and Social Troubles of the Time—Events of the Next Two Years, Lead-ing to the Election of Mr. Lincoln and the Outbreak of the War—GovernorBuckinghams Messages During the Period and His Recog


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