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Civil War St. Louis / Louis S. Gerteis.

Summary:

Gerteis's narrative encompasses a wide range of episodes and events involving the lynching of freeman Francis McIntosh and murder of publisher Elijah Lovejoy, the infamous Dred Scott saga (which began in St. Louis), city politics and martial law, battles in and around the city (at Camp Jackson, Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge), major river campaigns, manufacture of ironclad combat ships, prison camps and hospitals, and efforts to secure civil rights for blacks while denying the same to former Confederates who would not swear loyalty to the Union.

Record details

ISBN: 070061124X :
ISBN: 9780700611249
ISBN: 0700613617
ISBN: 9780700613618
Physical Description: 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2001]
Copyright: ©2001

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"A citizen of the United States" -- "A high wall and a deep ditch" -- "The Union, without an if" -- "This means war" -- "A passion for seeming" -- "A friend of the enemy" -- "Curing us of our selfishness" -- "Terror ... of shot and shell" -- "Slavery dies hard" -- "A foundation of loyalty."