Jersey Blue Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865

Name: Jersey Blue Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865
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ISBN: 9780813526942

ISBN-10: 0813526949

ISBN-13: 9780813526942

Edition: 1999

Authors: William Gillette

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This political history of New Jersey during the Civil War and the years immediately before and after invites us to rethink New Jersey's role and in particular its relationship to the border states. William Gillette argues that there is little evidence supporting the idea that New Jersey's residents were pro-southern before the war, or even antiwar during it, although attitudes toward the abolition of slavery were more ambivalent. The perspectives Gillette offers in Jersey Blue, from the recruiting ground, the battlefield, and the home front, cast new light on New Jersey's wartime activities, state identity, and our understanding of the interrelationships between national, regional, and…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 389
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction


Chronology



Change and Continuity, 1854-1856



Precarious Balance, 1857-1859



Contests for the Presidential Nominations of 1860



Party Paralysis and Unionist Consensus: The Election of 1860



The Union in Peril: New Jerseyans React to Secession



The Politics of Patriotism, 1861



New Jerseyans Go to War



Partisanship in Wartime, 1862



The Perils of Power: Democratic Factionalism in Early 1863



War Crises in 1863



Preelection Skirmishing in Early 1864



The Wounds of War: The Presidential Election of 1864



Northern Triumph and National Tragedy



The Fruits of Victory: The State Election of 1865


Conclusion


Statistical Appendix



Notes


Bibliographical Note


Index