“It is a great misfortune that the people of the North are not so well prepared for the great struggle for the preservation of the Union and constitutional government as the people of the South are for its destruction.”

About Gideon Welles

Politician • American

Gideon Welles was an influential American politician who served as the Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. Appointed by President Abraham Lincoln, he was instrumental in the Union's naval strategy, overseeing...