Richard Sedgewick West (1902-1968) was an American author. His best-known works include Gideon Welles: Lincoln’s Navy Department (1943), Admirals of American Empire: The Combined Story of George De...view moreRichard Sedgewick West (1902-1968) was an American author. His best-known works include Gideon Welles: Lincoln’s Navy Department (1943), Admirals of American Empire: The Combined Story of George Dewey, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Winfield Scott Schley and William Thomas Sampson (1948), Mr. Lincoln’s Navy (1957), and Lincoln's Scapegoat General: A Life of Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893 (1965). He passed away in 1968.view less