In The Petticoat Affair; prize-winning historian John F. Marszalek offers the first in--depth investigation of the earliest -- and perhaps greatest -- political sex scandal in American history. During Andrew Jackson's first term in office; Margaret Eaton; the wife of Secretary of State John Henry Eaton; was branded a "loose woman" for her unconventional public life. The brash; outgoing; and beautiful daughter of a Washington innkeeper; Margaret had socialized with her father's guests and married Eaton very soon after the death of her first husband; shocking genteel society. Jackson saw attacks on Eaton as part of a conspiracy to topple his administration; and his strong defense of her character dominated the first two years of his term; and led to the resignation of his entire cabinet.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Valuable Civil War ResourceBy Ken SchefflerOriginally published in 1875; the Military Record of Louisiana is a collection of various written records; casualty lists and regimental muster rolls pertaining to Louisiana's participation in the American Civil War. It was compiled by Napier Bartlett; a native of Georgia who had studied in Louisiana prior to the war and entered the service of the famed Washington Artillery when the war began. The collection is; as Bartlett admits; "in no sense complete." Among the scattered and fragmentary items that one can find in the Military Record of Louisiana are; for example; the Journal of the Orleans Guard; the muster and partial casualty list for the 6th Louisiana Infantry; and The Louisiana Brigades in Virginia and Their Last Commander. By far the largest document that the book contains is Bartlett's own account of the service of the Washington Artillery. Despite the fragmentary nature of the Military Record of Louisiana it is without a doubt an important Civil War resource; and therefore a valuable addition to every Civil War buff's library.
