A Forgotten Front

Florida during the Civil War Era

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Cover of the book A Forgotten Front by Seth A. Weitz, Lauren K. Thompson, Jonathan C. Sheppard, R. Boyd Murphree, David B. Parker, Chris Day, Tracy J. Revels, Robert A. Taylor, David Nelson, Zack C. Waters, University of Alabama Press
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Author: Seth A. Weitz, Lauren K. Thompson, Jonathan C. Sheppard, R. Boyd Murphree, David B. Parker, Chris Day, Tracy J. Revels, Robert A. Taylor, David Nelson, Zack C. Waters ISBN: 9780817391829
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: June 12, 2018
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: Seth A. Weitz, Lauren K. Thompson, Jonathan C. Sheppard, R. Boyd Murphree, David B. Parker, Chris Day, Tracy J. Revels, Robert A. Taylor, David Nelson, Zack C. Waters
ISBN: 9780817391829
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: June 12, 2018
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

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. The Union also drew the service of another twelve hundred white Floridians and more than a thousand free blacks and escaped slaves. Florida had more than eight thousand miles of coastline to defend, and eventually found itself with Confederates holding the interior and Federals occupying the coasts—a tenuous state of affairs for all. Florida’s substantial Hispanic and Catholic populations shaped wartime history in ways unique from many other states. Florida also served as a valuable supplier of cattle, salt, cotton, and other items to the blockaded South.
 
A Forgotten Front: Florida during the Civil War Era provides a much-needed overview of the Civil War in Florida. Editors Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard provide insight into a commonly neglected area of Civil War historiography. The essays in this volume examine the most significant military engagements and the guerrilla warfare necessitated by the occupied coastline. Contributors look at the politics of war, beginning with the decade prior to the outbreak of the war through secession and wartime leadership and examine the period through the lenses of race, slavery, women, religion, ethnicity, and historical memory.

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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. The Union also drew the service of another twelve hundred white Floridians and more than a thousand free blacks and escaped slaves. Florida had more than eight thousand miles of coastline to defend, and eventually found itself with Confederates holding the interior and Federals occupying the coasts—a tenuous state of affairs for all. Florida’s substantial Hispanic and Catholic populations shaped wartime history in ways unique from many other states. Florida also served as a valuable supplier of cattle, salt, cotton, and other items to the blockaded South.
 
A Forgotten Front: Florida during the Civil War Era provides a much-needed overview of the Civil War in Florida. Editors Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard provide insight into a commonly neglected area of Civil War historiography. The essays in this volume examine the most significant military engagements and the guerrilla warfare necessitated by the occupied coastline. Contributors look at the politics of war, beginning with the decade prior to the outbreak of the war through secession and wartime leadership and examine the period through the lenses of race, slavery, women, religion, ethnicity, and historical memory.

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