Download or read book Diary of Gideon Welles, Volume II written by Gideon Welles and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson Vol. II offers the view and experiences of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War, of the Abraham Lincoln administration, and of the Andrew Johnson administration that followed. This volume covers the period of April 1,1864 through December 31, 1866.