Reply To The Report Of The Select Committee Of The Senate On Transports For The War Department - Softcover

John Tucker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371933552 ISBN 13: 9780371933558

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Reply To The Report Of The Select Committee Of The Senate On Transports For The War Department by John Tucker details Tucker's formal defense of his conduct as Transportation Agent and Assistant Secretary of War during the Civil War. The work offers a point-by-point rebuttal to the Senate Select Committee's findings about charters, commissions, and alleged misconduct, and it cites testimony, correspondence, and documents to support Tucker’s position. Tucker argues that rapid military needs dictated swift procurement of transport vessels for campaigns such as Burnside’s expedition and McClellan’s Peninsula operations, and contends that costs reflected market conditions and emergency circumstances rather than personal gain. He addresses the roles of figures like A. C. Hall, Col. Belger, Captain Loper, and James Danforth, insisting there was no improper relationship or profit from public service. Throughout, Tucker emphasizes fidelity to the government’s interests and disputes insinuations of fraud, offering his own narrative of events and a defense of his decisions under pressure.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371933552
• ISBN 13: 9780371933558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76