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William Worth Belknap
"It would be easy to blame Belknap's downfall on his hedonistic wives, as his apologists have suggested. He was easily manipulated by women, but he also possessed other more ominous flaws. Belknap turned obligation into suspicion, distrust, and finally hatred. William Tecumseh Sherman and Oliver Otis Howard had both helped advance Belknap's career. Now as Secretary of War, he would drive Sherman into exile and hound Howard through the courts. He was also capable of gloating over the death of an opponent. George Armstrong Custer testified against Belknap a few weeks before leading the Seventh Cavalry at Little Bighorn. Belknap received the news of the massacre, not as a tragedy, but as the settling of the score with at least one enemy. Belknap relished the pomp of the canon salutes as he arrived at West Point, his name in the newspapers, and the power to appoint his cronies to lucrative positions. And if, to maintain his position as Secretary of War, lavish expenditures were required, he would willingly accept bribes.".
William Worth Belknap
This is the biography of a man who, by virtue of his excellent Civil War record, became President GrantOs Secretary of War only to fall willingly into the corruption of Washington society and of two wives who demanded social prominence.
Union Generals: General William Worth Belknap
As part of HistoryCentral.com, MultiEducator, Inc., located in New Rochelle, New York, presents biographical information about U.S. General William Worth Belknap (1829-1890). Belknap fought for the Union during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865). Belknap was involved in the campaigns at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Ezra Church, March to the Sea, and the Carolinas. An image of Belknap is available.
Letter, 1874 Aug. 21, Long Branch, N.J., to William Belknap
Army officer, Corps of Engineers. Letter to William Belknap regarding appointment of Montgomery Meigs to Russia.
