Mulderink, Earl F. <br/><br/>
New Bedford's Civil War  [electronic resource] / 
Earl F. Mulderink III. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Fordham University Press,  2012. 
 - xii, 306 p. :  ill. 
 - The North's Civil War .
 - North's Civil War. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Bedford (Mass.)--History--19th century.<br/>Massachusetts--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>New Bedford (Mass.)--History, Military--19th century.<br/>New Bedford (Mass.)--Social life and customs--19th century.<br/>United States--History--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F74.N5  / M85 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.4/85