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New York City in the Civil War

New York City in the Civil War

White, Jonathan W.
Orr, Timothy Justin
Holzer, Harold

Paperback

Series: Images of America

General PhotographyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467161578
ISBN13: 9781467161572
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Feb 25 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.61 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

New York City was the center of business, commerce, manufacturing, culture, and war spirit in the North during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln gained an important national audience at the Cooper Institute in February 1860.

Tens of thousands of young men enlisted in the city and marched off to fight. Factories churned out materiel for the soldiers. Black leaders such as Frederick Douglass mobilized African American support for the Union. Foreign dignitaries were the subject of grand celebrations on Broadway. Immigrants raised celebrated ethnic regiments, and nationally renowned newspapers debated the pressing issues of the day. In short, the city was a vital engine that powered Union efforts. Yet New York was also a divided metropolis where political differences were hashed out--sometimes violently. The deadliest urban racial violence in American history took place in Manhattan in July 1863. In this book, New Yorkers regain their place at the center of the Union war effort on both the battlefield and the home front.

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