New Bedford's Civil War
By: Earl F. Mulderink III
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780823243341
Subjects: Social aspects; Military History; History; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "A burning and shining light": prosperity and enlightened governance in antebellum New Bedford; title: "The nearest approach to freedom and equality": African Americans in antebellum New Bedford; title: "Suppression of an unholy rebellion": wartime mobilization on the home front; title: "Citizen-soldiers of Massachusetts": New Bedford's volunteers in the Civil War; title: "Boys, I only did my duty": New Bedford's black soldiers in the fifty-fourth Massachusetts; title: "Worthy recipients": New Bedford's black veterans and the web of social welfare; title: "Business is extremely dull": whaling and manufacturing in wartime New Bedford; title: "The position of our city has materially changed": public costs and municipal governance during the Civil War; title: "The great hope for the future": New Bedford in the postbellum era; title: "On the altar of our common country": contested commemorations of the Civil War.