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ONLINE

1st ed.

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012

1 online resource (xii, 306 p.) : ill

ISBN 0823243346

ISBN 9780823243341

The North’s Civil War

Includes bibliographical references and index

"A burning and shining light": prosperity and enlightened governance in antebellum New Bedford -- "The nearest approach to freedom and equality": African Americans in antebellum New Bedford -- "Suppression of an unholy rebellion": wartime mobilization on the home front -- "Citizen-soldiers of Massachusetts": New Bedford’s volunteers in the Civil War -- "Boys, I only did my duty": New Bedford’s black soldiers in the fifty-fourth Massachusetts -- "Worthy recipients": New Bedford’s black veterans and the web of social welfare -- "Business is extremely dull": whaling and manufacturing in wartime New Bedford -- "The position of our city has materially changed": public costs and municipal governance during the Civil War -- "The great hope for the future": New Bedford in the postbellum era -- "On the altar of our common country": contested commemorations of the Civil War.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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