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Cleveland and the Civil War

By W. Dennis Keating

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2022
ISBN
9781439674420
ASIN
B09RZXT53G
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2387255 bytes)
Series
Civil War Series
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-06 02:27:16
History; Nonfiction; HIS036090

Description

Though removed from the frontlines, Cleveland played an active role in national events before, during, and after the Civil War. President Lincoln visited this abolitionist hotbed after his 1860 election. Following his assassination five years later, his funeral train made a stop there. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County sent over 9,000 troops to war. More than 1,700 never returned. Born just outside Cleveland, James Garfield emerged from the war to become President of the United States. Most vitally, the economic prosperity of the war years began the transformation of this small but thriving village into a future manufacturing powerhouse.Author W. Dennis Keating, member and past president of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable, creates a panoramic view of the city through one of the nation's most troubled times.

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