TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,James M.
TI  - Galveston and the Civil War: an island city in the maelstrom 
SN  - 9781609492830
AV  - F394.G2 S24 2012
U1  - 976.4/13905 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Charleston, SC
PB  - The History Press
KW  - American Civil War
KW  - (1861-1865)
KW  - fast
KW  - Galveston, Battle of (Texas
KW  - 1863)
KW  - Galveston, Battle of, Galveston, Tex., 1863
KW  - Galveston (Tex.)
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History
KW  - Galveston Island (Tex.)
KW  - Texas
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Galveston
KW  - Galveston Island
KW  - Military history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index; Bondage -- War! -- Stranglehold -- Occupied -- Battle -- Mercy -- Dissent -- Entrenched -- Cat-and-Mouse -- Fever -- Liberation
N2  - "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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1216/2012034051-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1216/2012034051-d.html
ER  -