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A 9 page research paper that argus the thesis that William Henry Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, greatly aided the Union victory because he helped to prevent the one development that could have conceivably led to a Confederate victory during the Civil War, which was the involvement of a foreign power as a Confederate ally. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the Civil War, which was the involvement of a foreign power as a Confederate ally (Taylor, 1991). This is a significant role, which has been largely overlooked by contemporary historians.
Perhaps this omission was due to historians desire to glorify Lincoln. However, Lincoln, although certainly brilliant, did not achieve his successes in isolation and, in leading the country through a
devastating war had "no abler lieutenant than the man he defeated to become his partys presidential nominee" (Taylor, 1991, p. x). Taylor (1991) indicates that historiography on Seward is
sparse, as there are only two volumes, Burton Hendricks 1946 text, Lincolns War Cabinet, and the 1967 biography of Seward by Glyndon Van Deusen, which have "any place on the
contemporary bookshelf" (Taylor, 1991, p. ix). Seward was complex individual, with considerable accomplishments. He was a pioneer in prison reform during this tenure as governor of New York. While
serving as a U.S. Senator, he endeavored to contain the expansion of slavery that would lead ultimately to abolition; and, as secretary of state during the Civil War, he thwarted,
"through a combination of threats and cajolery," any indications of possible foreign intervention for the South until the Union victory at Gettysburg made such a move by a foreign
power inadvisable (Taylor, 1991, p. x). Lincoln, just prior to this inauguration, remarked to a European diplomat that he did not know "anything about diplomacy" so he anticipated that he
would be "apt to make blunders" (Ferris, 1991, p. 23). Lincoln handled his deficit in his own knowledge and skills by appointing Seward as his Secretary of State and Lincolns
own words suggest that his inclination was to allow Seward to handle foreign policy with very little interference (Ferris, 1991). To a dignitary who was endeavoring to influence Lincoln relative
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