New Bedford's Civil War [electronic resource] / Earl F. Mulderink III.
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TextSeries: North's Civil WarPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 306 p. : illSubject(s): - New Bedford (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- 974.4/85 23
- F74.N5 M85 2012
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.
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