One Woman Who Helped Changed the Course of the Civil War A New Book on Anna Ella Carroll, a National Heroine from Maryland "...Miss Anna Ella Carroll is the head of the Carroll race, and when the history of this war is written, she will stand a good bit taller than ever old Charles did." -- Pres. Abraham Lincoln, as quoted by Rep. William Mitchell (R-Ind.), 13 May 1862 New York, NY (Release Date:  June 23, 2004) – Hundreds of biographies have been written about the men and women of the Civil War, yet none has fully presented the life and crucial contributions of Anna Ella Carroll, Pres. Abraham Lincoln's political adviser. In her new book, Great Necessities: The Life, Times, and Writings of Anna Ella Carroll, 1815-1894, C. Kay Larson provides a penetrating account of this Southern lady who broke all the rules for women of the era. Anna Ella Carroll was the daughter of Maryland Gov. Thomas King Carroll. Under his tutelage, she honed her exceptional skills in political and legal analysis.  During the 1850s, Carroll became a nationally-known publicist for prominent Whig and American (Know-Nothing) party candidates. When the secession crisis roiled the country in 1861, Carroll provided invaluable assistance to Gov. Thomas H. Hicks in keeping their state loyal. She also wrote able political/legal tracts for the Lincoln administration that helped maintain support for the war effort which were widely circulated in Washington and Maryland.  In Great Necessities, new evidence also is presented that clarifies Carroll's, President Lincoln's, and Secty. of War Edwin M. Stanton's roles in the Tennessee River campaign. In this strategic advance, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote led combined army-naval forces which captured Confederate Forts Henry and Donelson. These constituted the "first real" victories for the Union during the Civil War.  Other fresh material on American political history and the colonization of freedmen, among other topics, also is included in the book.  Great Necessities brings to the fore the spirited life and works of Anna Ella Carroll, arguably, the most important woman involved in American politics in the nineteenth century. This book will greatly enhance Carroll's stature as a heroine of the state of Maryland, and the nation.

Great Necessities: The Life,times And Writings Of Anna Ella

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Larson, C Kay

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Lincoln's Loyal Lady: Anna Ella Carroll, a Brief

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<p>Lincoln's Loyal Lady: Anna Ella Carroll, a Brief The story of Abraham Lincoln's female "kitchen cabinet" member-a formidable, trailblazing woman-is a tale some don't want to be told. Anna Ella Carroll broke all the rules for a woman of the Civil War era. A politician, pamphleteer, adviser to President Lincoln, and military secret agent, Carroll operated in the highest political and government circles for more than a quarter of a century. Washington, DC, the White House, May 12, 1862 "I will tell you what Mr. Lincoln said of you last night. Miss Anna Ella Carroll is the head of the Carroll race, and when the history of this war is written, she will stand a good bit taller than ever old Charles [Carroll] did". -Rep. William Mitchell (R-Ind.), 13 May 1862 The Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, former chairman, Committee on the Conduct of the War, May 10, 1876, House Misc. Doc. 58, May 18, 1878, p. 24: "In the very last interview with Mr. Stanton, just before his death, he referred to your [Carroll's] services . . . in the strongest terms he could express, and . . . stated that if his life should be spared, he would discharge the great duty of seeing your services to the country properly recognized and rewarded. Your claim is righteous and just, if ever there was one and, for the honor of my country, I trust and hope that you will be suitably rewarded, and so declared before the world". -Lucinda B. Chandler, "Anna Ella Carroll: The Great Unrecognized Military Genius of the War of Rebellion", Godey's Magazine, 1896 "Can we afford to leave in the archive of our history only this record of 'ineffable' meanness and ingratitude?" "Kay Larson's insightful account of the contributions made to our nation by Anna Ella Carroll redresses a major inequity in the historiography of nineteenth-century America". -Col. James S. Wheeler, professor of history retired, US Military Academy, West Point, New York</p>

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