The Enemy Within: Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part One: Fears and Fantasies 13 1. “A Carnival of Abundance and Pleasure” The Curse of the “Shoddy Aristocracy” 15 Part Two: Power-Hungry Generals 37 2. The Beast Unleashed Benjamin Butler, Corruption, and Masculinity 39 3. “Profligacy & Corruption” The Frémont Scandal 67 Part Three: Traitors and Trollops 95 4. “A House of Orgies and Bacchanals” The 1864 Treasury Department Scandal 97 5. “A Burning Shame” Bounty Jumpers and Recruitment Fraud 127 Contents vi 6. “All Cotton Became Tainted with Treason” The Cotton Trade and Corruption in the Occupied South 154 Conclusion 175 Notes 179 Bibliography 205 Index 225 ...