For years the Ewing family of Ohio has been lost in the historical
shadow cast by their in-law, General William T. Sherman. In the era of
the Civil War, it was the Ewing family who raised Sherman, got him into
West Point, and provided him with the financial resources and political
connections to succeed in war. The patriarch, Thomas Ewing, counseled
presidents and clashed with radical abolitionists and southern
secessionists leading to the Civil War. Three Ewing sons became Union
generals, served with distinction at Antietam and Vicksburg, marched
through Georgia, and fought guerrillas in Missouri. The Ewing family
stood at the center of the Northern debate over emancipation, fought for
the soul of the Republican Party, and waged total war against the South.
In Civil War Dynasty, Kenneth J. Heineman brings to life this drama of
political intrigue and military valor--warts and all. This work is a
military, political, religious, and family history, told against the
backdrop of disunion, war, violence, and grief.