| Galveston and the Civil War: An Island City in the Maelstrom Contributor(s): Schmidt, James M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609492838 ISBN-13: 9781609492830 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - Pictorial |
| Dewey: 976.413 |
| LCCN: 2012034051 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Locality - Galveston-Texas City, Texas - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the eve of the Civil War, Galveston was a jewel of the Gulf Coast--a booming city with a fine natural harbor and all the commerce, culture and improvements that attended it. Galveston was also home to the largest slave market west of New Orleans and a hotbed of secessionist sentiment. Once the war started, Galveston became the focus of Union efforts to take Texas and Confederate efforts to defend it. Through the voice of its people, this lively book relates the interesting and important role the Island City played during the war, including the story of the Union naval blockade, the dramatic Battle of Galveston, Unionists, dreadful epidemics of yellow fever, the surrender of Galveston as the last major port still in Confederate hands and the bondage and liberation of the island's enslaved African Americans. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schmidt, James M.: - James Schmidt is a member of the Galveston Historical Foundation, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and the Woodlands area Civil War Round Table. He is the author of three other Civil War titles and the Civil War Medicine (and Writing) blog. |