Schmidt, James M.,  1964- <br/><br/>
Galveston and the Civil War :  an island city in the maelstrom / 
James M. Schmidt. 
 - 155 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index. 
<br/><br/>Bondage -- War! -- Stranglehold -- Occupied -- Battle -- Mercy -- Dissent -- Entrenched -- Cat-and-Mouse -- Fever -- Liberation. 
<br/><br/> "Through the voice of its people, this ... book relates the interesting and important role the Island City played during the war, including the story of the Union naval blockade, the dramatic Battle of Galveston, Unionists, dreadful epidemics of yellow fever, the surrender of Galveston as the last major port still in Confederate hands, and the bondage and liberation of the island's enslaved African Americans"--Page 4 of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609492830 1609492838 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012034051 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>American Civil War (1861-1865) <br/>Galveston, Battle of (Texas : 1863) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800-1899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Galveston, Battle of, Galveston, Tex., 1863.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Galveston (Tex.)--History, Military--19th century.<br/>Galveston (Tex.)--History--19th century.<br/>Galveston Island (Tex.)--History, Military--19th century.<br/>Galveston Island (Tex.)--History--19th century.<br/>Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>Texas.<br/>Texas--Galveston.<br/>Texas--Galveston Island.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Military history.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F394.G2  / S24 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>976.4/13905