| Description |
1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Editors' Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: A Divided City; 2:The War Spirit; 3:Ties between the Home Front and the Battlefield; 4: Confined Confederates; 5: The Politics of War; 6: The Business and Politics of War; 7: The War in the Wards; 8: The Long Shadow of War; 9: A Guide to Civil War Chicago Sites; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
The American Civil War was a crucial event in the development of Chicago as the metropolis of the heartland. Not only did Chicagoans play an important role in the politics of the conflict, encouraging emancipation and promoting a "hard war" policy against Southern civilians, but they supported the troops materially through production of military supplies and foodstuffs as well as morally and spiritually through patriotic publications and songs. The Civil War transformed Chicago from a mere commercial center to an industrial power as well as the nation's railroad hub and busiest port. The wa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Sources.
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| Added Author |
Karamanski, Theodore J., 1953- editor.
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McMahon, Eileen M., 1954- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Civil War Chicago : eyewitness to history. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2014 xvi, 308 pages 9780821420843 |
| ISBN |
9780821444818 (electronic book) |
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0821444816 (electronic book) |
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9780821420843 |
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