The Jackson County War : Reconstruction and resistance in post-Civil War Florida / Daniel R. Weinfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinfeld, Daniel R. (Daniel Robert), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Florida--Jackson County.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Jackson County (Fla.)--History--19th century.

Jackson County (Fla.).

Jackson County (Fla.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Jackson County War offers original conclusions explaining why Jackson County became the bloodiest region in Reconstruction Florida and is the first book-length treatment of the subject. From early 1869 through the end of 1871, citizens of Jackson County, Florida, slaughtered their neighbors by the score. The nearly threeyear frenzy of bloodshed became known as the Jackson County War. The killings, close to one hundred and by some estimates twice that number, brought Jackson County the notoriety of being the most violent county in Florida during the

Contents:

Like so many children, 1865

Those pests that remind us daily of our degradation, 1866

You can't come here with any such equality, 1867

Depression is almost universal here, 1868

They believe there in gunpowder entirely, 1869

A small hell on earth, 1869

I have no ambition to fill a more honorable grave, 1870-1871

Whatever it was, it has passed away.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8598-3

OCLC:

777375553