Antebellum and Civil War San Francisco

A Western Theater for Northern & Southern Politics

Nonfiction, History, Military, Pictorial, United States, Americas
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Author: Monika Trobits ISBN: 9781625849601
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Publication: November 11, 2014
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Monika Trobits
ISBN: 9781625849601
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication: November 11, 2014
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

When Americans migrated westward, they took their politics with them, making San Francisco a microcosm of the nation as the Civil War loomed.
 
Spurred by the promise of gold, hungry adventurers flocked to San Francisco in search of opportunity on the eve of the Civil War. The city flourished and became a magnet for theater. Some of the first buildings constructed in San Francisco were theater houses, and John Wilkes Booth’s famous acting family often graced the city’s stages. In just two years, San Francisco’s population skyrocketed from eight hundred to thirty thousand, making it an “instant city” where tensions between transplanted Northerners and Southerners built as war threatened the nation. Though seemingly isolated, San Franciscans took their part in the conflict. Some extended the Underground Railroad to their city, while others joined the Confederate-aiding Knights of the Golden Circle. Including a directory of local historic sites and streets, author Monika Trobits chronicles the dramatic and volatile antebellum and Civil War history of the City by the Bay.
 
Includes photos

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When Americans migrated westward, they took their politics with them, making San Francisco a microcosm of the nation as the Civil War loomed.
 
Spurred by the promise of gold, hungry adventurers flocked to San Francisco in search of opportunity on the eve of the Civil War. The city flourished and became a magnet for theater. Some of the first buildings constructed in San Francisco were theater houses, and John Wilkes Booth’s famous acting family often graced the city’s stages. In just two years, San Francisco’s population skyrocketed from eight hundred to thirty thousand, making it an “instant city” where tensions between transplanted Northerners and Southerners built as war threatened the nation. Though seemingly isolated, San Franciscans took their part in the conflict. Some extended the Underground Railroad to their city, while others joined the Confederate-aiding Knights of the Golden Circle. Including a directory of local historic sites and streets, author Monika Trobits chronicles the dramatic and volatile antebellum and Civil War history of the City by the Bay.
 
Includes photos

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