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Forgotten Front: Florida during the Civil War Era

Weitz, Seth A.(Introduction by)Day, Chris(Contributions by)Murphree, R. Boyd(Contributions by)Nelson, David(Contributions by)Parker, David B.(Contributions by)Revels, Tracy J.(Contributions by)Sheppard, Jonathan C.(Contributions by)Taylor, Robert A.(Contributions by)Thompson, Lauren K.(Contributions by)Waters, Zack C.(Contributions by)Weitz, Seth A.(Contributions by)Sheppard, Jonathan C.(Edited by)Weitz, Seth A.(Edited by)
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This title provides 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.

Journalist Horace Greeley once referred to Florida in the Civil War as the 'smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.' Although it was the third state to secede, Florida's small population and meager industrial resources made the state of little strategic importance. Because it was the site of only one major battle, it has, with a few exceptions, been overlooked within the field of Civil War studies.

During the Civil War, more than fifteen thousand Floridians served the Confederacy, a third of which were lost to combat and disease.

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University of Alabama Press
0817391827 / 9780817391829
eBook (EPUB)
975.904
12/06/2018
English
199 pages
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