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Rally 'Round the Flag
Chicago and the Civil War
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2006
Summary
In this landmark narrative history of Chicago during the Civil War, Theodore J. Karamanski examines the people and events that formed this critical period in the city's history. Using diaries, letters, and newspapers that survived the Great Fire of 1871, he shows how Chicagoans' opinions evolved from a romantic and patriotic view of the war to recognition of the conflict's brutality. Located a safe distance behind the battle lines and accessible to the armies via rail and waterways, the city's economy grew feverishly while increasing population strained Chicago's social fabric.
From the great Republican convention of 1860 in the "Wigwam," to the dismal life of Confederate prisoners in Camp Douglas on the South Side of Chicago, Rally 'Round the Flag paints a vivid picture of the Midwest city vigorously involved in the national conflict.
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Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2006
Copyright Year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-8304-1295-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4174-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
293
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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CONTENTS No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
ONE The Irrepressible Candidate No access Pages 1 - 31
TWO A House Divided No access Pages 32 - 65
THREE The First Blood No access Pages 66 - 92
FOUR "God Bless the Sanitary Commission!" No access Pages 93 - 132
FIVE Camp Douglas No access Pages 133 - 158
SIX "Wonder of the Nineteenth Century" No access Pages 159 - 184
SEVEN "A Fire in the Rear" No access Pages 185 - 223
