The only guidebook of its kind covering Civil War-related sites in Philadelphia-the Union's second-largest cityWhen the Civil War began in 1861, Philadelphia was an important industrial center behind the Northern war effort. The city boasted two large federal arsenals, a major shipbuilding facility, the country's largest locomotive factory, and the busiest flag manufacturer in the United States. Philadelphia bankers raised valuable government bonds and millions of dollars for the Lincoln administration. Several prominent Union generals were born in Philadelphia, and the city enlisted scores of regiments for the Union cause. Philadelphia, long a center of abolitionist ferment, provided safe haven for escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad, and later a recruitment camp for black soldiers was established near the city.This unique guidebook includes descriptive background information on the city's rich Civil War heritage-historical buildings, Underground Railroad sites, museums, archives, libraries, cemeteries, commemorative statues and plaques. Guide to Civil War Philadelphia also includes an overview of the city's wartime history and a selected list of accommodations with Civil War connections.

Guide To Civil War Philadelphia

History

Sauers, Richard A.

Americas

Grand Central Publishing

Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - August 1, 1863: A Comprehensive, Selectively Annotated Bibliography

Reference

Greenwood Pub Group

Lewisburg has always been a center of trade and culture as a river and canal town on the banks of the Susquehanna River. Once served by two railroads and a tiny airport, Lewisburg’s bridges and roads connected it to distant cities and rich hinterlands. Lewisburg grew from its layout in 1785 by Ludwig Derr to become the home of thriving businesses, elegant 18th- and 19th-century homes, and churches clustered on many of its corners. Along with adjacent Kelly and East Buffalo Townships, Lewisburg prospered on the backs of hardworking people with ideas, vision, and a willingness to take risks. Named as the Union County seat in 1855, Lewisburg today has the resources of a city but the charm of a small town surrounded by farms and fields.

Lewisburg (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Huffines, Marion Lois

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing (SC)

Frank Bartlett was an indifferent student at Harvard when the Civil War began in 1861, but after he joined the Union army he quickly found that he had an aptitude for leadership and rose from captain to brevet major general by 1865. Over the course of the war he was wounded three times (one injury resulted in the loss of a leg), but he remained on active duty until he was captured in 1864. His political stance gained him some national fame after the war, but he struggled with repeated business stress until tuberculosis and other illnesses led to his early death at age 36.

William Francis Bartlett: Biography of a Union General in the Civil War

Biographies & Memoirs

Sable, Martin H.

Historical

McFarland Company

The first volume presents color photos of Pennsylvania battle flags, regiment by regiment, through the 87th Infantry, along with a brief history of each unit's service in the war. Color and b&amp;w photos, maps, and illustrations.

Advance the Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags, Vol. 1

UNKNO

color and b/w photos, maps, illustrations &amp; 9 x 11 &amp; Picking up the regimental narratives where Volume I concludes, this volume covers the 88th through 215th Infantry. It also provides an overview of the flag conservation effort within the state. A combined index allows readers to locate a variety of flag-related topics. With historic black and white photos and engravings throughout.

Advance the Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags, Vol. 2

Stackpole Books

Media Kit One hundred fifty years after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is thought of as one of the best presidents of the United States. However, most Americans forget that he was elected with only 40 percent of the popular vote. Many Democratic newspapers across the North mistrusted Lincoln’s claim that he would not abolish slavery, and the lukewarm support evidenced by them collapsed after Lincoln announced his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the fall of 1862. The advent of a national draft in the spring of 1863 only added fuel to the fire with anti-Lincoln Democrats arguing that it was illegal to draft civilians. Many newspaper editors advocated active resistance against the draft. Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania was a staunch supporter of the Lincoln administration. The commonwealth supplied more than 360,000 white soldiers and 9,000 black soldiers during the conflict. However, there was sustained opposition to the war throughout the state, much of it fanned by the pens of Democratic newspaper editors. Though most opposition was disorganized and spontaneous, other aspects of the antiwar sentiment in the state occasionally erupted as major incidents. In The Fishing Creek Confederacy, Richard A. Sauers and Peter Tomasak address the serious opposition to the draft in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 1864. Egged on by the anti-Lincoln newspaper editors, a number of men avoided the draft and formed ad hoc groups to protect themselves from arrest. The shooting of a Union lieutenant confronting draft evaders in July 1864 resulted in military intervention in the northern townships of the county. The troops arrested more than one hundred men, sending about half of them to a prison fort near Philadelphia. Some of these men were subjected to military trials in Harrisburg, the state capital, that fall and winter. The arrests led to bitter feelings that were slow to die. The military intervention eventually impacted a Pennsylvania gubernatorial election and led to a murder trial. Sauers and Tomasak describe the draft in Pennsylvania and consider how Columbia County fit into the overall draft process. Subsequent chapters take the reader through the events of the summer of 1864, including the interaction of soldiers and civilians in the county, the prison experiences of the men, and the trials. Later chapters cover the August 1865 Democratic rally at Nob Mountain and the effects of the draft episode after the war was over, including its influence on the 1872 election for governor, the 1891 murder trial, and the formation of the official Democratic version of the events, which has been used by historians ever since. The Fishing Creek Confederacy is the first book to address this episode and its aftermath in their entirety. Sauers and Tomasak present the story and try to disentangle the often contradictory nature of the sources and how both amateur and professional historians have used them.

The Fishing Creek Confederacy: A Story of Civil War Draft Resistance (Shades of Blue and Gray)

Tomasak, Peter

Univ. Of Missouri

The Burnside Expedition in North Carolina: A Succession of Honorable Victories

Morningside Bookshop

Caspian Sea of Ink: The Meade-Sickles Controversy 1st Edition. Author - Richard A. Sauers

Caspian Sea of Ink: The Meade-Sickles Controversy

World

Butternut & Blue

This marvelous, important reference work contains over 6000 entries, an order of battle that locates important manuscript collections, a section that lists Gettysburg publications by year, and a section of games. It also includes an annotated Gettysburg Bookshelf section in which 19 historians elect their favorite Gettysburg titles-a wonderful guide for Gettysburg collectors!

THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN JUNE 3 - AUGUST 1, 1863 - A COMPREHENSIVE SELECTIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - SECOND EDITION

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