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A Forgotten Front : Florida during the Civil War Era / edited by Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans--Florida--History--19th century.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Florida.
- Florida--History--1821-1865.
- Florida--Religion--19th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil War. In many respects Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction: From Territory to Twenty-Seventh State - Seth A. Weitz
- 1. Extreme Measures: Florida and the Crisis of 1850 - Seth A. Weitz
- 2. "The Rights, Causes, and Necessity for Secession": The Interplay of Race, Class, and Politics in Antebellum Florida - Lauren K. Thompson
- 3. "So Exposed as Recently to Encounter Serious Disasters": The Defense and Capture of Amelia Island, 1861-1862 - Jonathan C. Sheppard
- 4. "Our Necessary Resort": Confederate Guerrillas in Eastand Middle Florida, 1861-1865 - Zack C. Waters
- 5. Embattled Executive: Governor John Milton's Civil War - R. Boyd Murphree
- 6. "The Church Did Not Die": Religion in Florida during the Civil War - David B. Parker
- 7. Civil War and Florida's New Legal Paradigm - Chris Day
- 8. Grander in Her Daughters: Florida's Women during the Civil War - Tracy J. Revels
- 9. Florida Hispanics in the Civil War - Robert A. Taylor
- 10. Battles of Olustee: Civil War Memory in Florida - David Nelson
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9182-7
- OCLC:
- 1038249108
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