{"product_id":"9780873386579","title":"Major McKinley: William McKinley and the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The Civil War was a crucial experience in shaping the character and political life of William McKinley. In this engrossing and well-researched study, William H. Armstrong provides the most thorough treatment of McKinley’s military career and shows how his wartime record influenced his emergence as the first modern president. Armstrong is balanced and fair-minded, and his work should become the definitive account of the Civil War years of an important figure of the Gilded Age.” —Lewis L. Gould, author of\u003cb\u003eThe Presidency of William McKinley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor McKinley\u003c\/b\u003e is the first complete account of the Civil War service of President William McKinley, the last of the Civil War veterans to reach the White House and the only one who served in the ranks. McKinley enlisted as a private in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Later commanded by another future president, Rutherford B. Hayes) and was the regiment’s commissary sergeant when his bravery at the Battle of Antietam led to a commission and an assignment to Hayes’s military staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide variety of sources, including McKinley’s own paper and the diaries and letters of men who served with him, this book presents a new picture of McKinley as a soldier and provides a fresh appreciation of his later life as a veteran in politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022391230704,"sku":"9780873386579","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780873386579_p0.jpg?v=1763838871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780873386579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}