Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City Contributor(s): Mowery, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467139963 ISBN-13: 9781467139960 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Military - Pictorial - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: 973.708 |
LCCN: 2020951678 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.50 lbs) 320 pages |
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Publisher Description: During the Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North's most populous in the west, but it was also the nation's third-most productive manufacturing center. Instrumental in the Underground Railroad prior to the conflict, the city became a focal point for curbing Southern incursion into Union territory, and nearby Camp Dennison was Ohio's largest camp in the Civil War and one of the largest in the United States. Cincinnati historian David L. Mowery examines the many different facets of the Queen City during the war, from the enlistment of the city's area residents in more than 590 Federal regiments and artillery units to the city's production of seventy-eight U.S. Navy gunboats for the nation's rivers. As the Union's Queen City, Cincinnati lived up to its name. |