Gotham at War
New York City, 1860-1865
Gotham at War is an accessible, entertaining account of America's biggest and most powerful urban center during the Civil War. New York City mobilized an enthusiastic but poorly trained military force during the first month of the war that helped protect Washington, D.C., from Confederate capture. Its strong financial support for the national government may well have saved the Union. New York served as a center for manpower, military supplies, and shipbuilding. And medically, New York became a center for efforts to provide for sick and wounded soldiers. Yet, despite being a major Northern city, New York also had strong sympathy for the South.…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4617-1416-3
- EAN: 9781461714163
- Produktnummer: 22886367
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 213 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'263 KB
Über den Autor
Edward K. Spann is emeritus professor of history and distinguished professor in arts and sciences at Indiana State University.
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