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New Bedford's Civil War
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Title
New Bedford's Civil War [electronic resource] / Earl F. Mulderink III.
ISBN
0823243346
9780823243341
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xii, 306 p. : ill.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2016
Series
The North's Civil War
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"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.
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