Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865
Author | : William Dusinberre |
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Total Pages | : 197 |
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Genre | : Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Author | : William Dusinberre |
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Total Pages | : 197 |
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Genre | : Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Author | : William Dusinberre |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1512815675 |
Philadelphia, before the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, was not simply a "Northern" city. Unlike proslavery Washington but also unlike antislavery Boston, Philadelphia lay in the "Northern border area," where mixed sympathies led to divided loyalties and to frequent convulsions over the great issues that preceded the war. In Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865, author William Dusinberre examines three traditional interpretations of the war and shows how each has to be modified to fit Philadelphia's experience. In Part I he portrays the fundamental Philadelphia attitudes as they appeared in 1856 and the two main controversies—the fugitive slave question and the territorial issue—as they developed until 1858. Part II is devoted to the John Brown affair and the secession crisis. Part III analyzes wartime issues: the treatment of dissenters, the Negro question, and the recruitment of short-term soldiers when Confederate armies approached Pennsylvania. From this investigation emerges a vivid portrait of the North's second greatest city and its leading citizens—racist sympathizers with the South, cautious conciliators, firm conservatives, unconstrained anti-Southerners, outnumbered idealists—contending with the crisis of the Civil War periods.
Author | : Frank H. Taylor |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2015-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781330328156 |
Excerpt from Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 There is "a theme of martial music which represents the approach, the presence and the departing march of a body of soldiery. The first faint notes grow clearer and louder until, amid the acclaim of trumpets, the brisk beat of drums and with the quick stride of an aspiring movement, the troops sweep by in all the brilliance and panoply of war, and then their tread slowly recedes away." So the Union volunteers of the great American war came, in proud array, along the flag-draped corridors of our national history, passed on to their mission, consecrated to the cause of national integrity. Whatever may now be told of their heroism and triumph can be but an echo of the music which led them on; which stirred the souls of all loyal and patriotic men and women of that far-gone time. Written half a century beyond the days of which it relates, this book is, at best, only an outline of events, guiding the student of our local annals to those abundant sources of information, the numerous regimental histories, official records and personal narrations to be found in the libraries, wherein the glory, suffering and sorrow of war are depicted, and where the names and deeds of all soldiers and sailors of Philadelphia who had a part in the great conflict are inscribed. There has been but scant room between these covers to portray the ardor of the men, the sacrifices by women, the patriotic toil of children in the schools. It was a time of all-pervading self abnegation, changing the fortunes of a whole community. Out of the travail of this loyal city has arisen her prosperity and greatness of to-day. Monuments are erected to the honor of our heroes of the Civil War, but the greatest of memorials is the splendid fact of a Union restored) and perfected, looking out upon the world unafraid, based upon the rock of enduring Freedom, an example for the patriots of every nation to follow, and in the consummation of which the people of Philadelphia had an honorable part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Frank H Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2019-08-25 |
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ISBN | : 9789389465693 |
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Author | : Frank H 1846-1927 Taylor |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2016-05-07 |
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ISBN | : 9781355864578 |
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Author | : Winnifred K. MACKAY |
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Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Leon F. Litwack |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : History |
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Examines the ante bellum racial discrimination in the states north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Author | : Peter McCaffery |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0271040572 |
In 1903, Muckraker Lincoln Steffens brought the city of Philadelphia lasting notoriety as "the most corrupt and the most contented" urban center in the nation. Famous for its colorful "feudal barons," from "King James" McManes and his "Gas Ring" to "Iz" Durham and "Sunny Jim" McNichol, Philadelphia offers the historian a classic case of the duel between bosses and reformers for control of the American city. But, strangely enough, Philadelphia's Republican machine has not been subject to critical examination until now. When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia challenges conventional wisdom on the political machine, which has it that party bosses controlled Philadelphia as early as the 1850s and maintained that control, with little change, until the Great Depression. According to Peter McCaffery, however, all bosses were not alike, and political power came only gradually over time. McManes's "Gas Ring" in the 1870s was not as powerful as the well-oiled machine ushered in by Matt Quay in the late 1880s. Through a careful analysis of city records, McCaffery identifies the beneficiaries of the emerging Republican Organization, which sections of the local electorate supported it, and why. He concludes that genuine boss rule did not emerge as the dominant institution in Philadelphia politics until just before the turn of the century. McCaffery considers the function that the machine filled in the life of the city. Did it ultimately serve its supporters and the community as a whole, as Steffens and recent commentators have suggested? No, says McCaffery. The romantic image of the boss as "good guy" of the urban drama is wholly undeserved.
Author | : William Dusinberre |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780820322100 |
Them Dark Days is a study of the callous, capitalistic nature of the vast rice plantations along the southeastern coast. It is essential reading for anyone whose view of slavery’s horrors might be softened by the current historical emphasis on slave community and family and slave autonomy and empowerment. Looking at Gowrie and Butler Island plantations in Georgia and Chicora Wood in South Carolina, William Dusinberre considers a wide range of issues related to daily life and work there: health, economics, politics, dissidence, coercion, discipline, paternalism, and privilege. Based on overseers’ letters, slave testimonies, and plantation records, Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action and casts a sharp new light on slave history.
Author | : William A. Dobak |
Publisher | : Department of the Army |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
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From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Known collectively as the United States Colored Troops and organized in segregated regiments led by white officers, some of these soldiers guarded army posts along major rivers; others fought Confederate raiders to protect Union supply trains; and still others took part in major operations like the siege of Petersburg and the battle of Nashville. After the war, many of the black regiments garrisoned the former Confederacy to enforce federal Reconstruction policy. This book tells the story of these soldiers' recruitment, organization, and service.