Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City
During the Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North's most populous in the west, but it was also the nation's third-most productive manufacturing center. Instrumental in the Underground Railroad prior to the conflict, the city became a focal point for curbing Southern incursion into Union territory, and nearby Camp Dennison was Ohio's largest camp in the Civil War and one of the largest in the United States. Cincinnati historian David L. Mowery examines the many different facets of the Queen City during the war, from the enlistment of the city's area residents in more than 590 Federal regiments and artillery units to the city's production of seventy-eight U.S. Navy gunboats for the nation's rivers. As the Union's "Queen City," Cincinnati lived up to its name.
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Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City
During the Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North's most populous in the west, but it was also the nation's third-most productive manufacturing center. Instrumental in the Underground Railroad prior to the conflict, the city became a focal point for curbing Southern incursion into Union territory, and nearby Camp Dennison was Ohio's largest camp in the Civil War and one of the largest in the United States. Cincinnati historian David L. Mowery examines the many different facets of the Queen City during the war, from the enlistment of the city's area residents in more than 590 Federal regiments and artillery units to the city's production of seventy-eight U.S. Navy gunboats for the nation's rivers. As the Union's "Queen City," Cincinnati lived up to its name.
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Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City

Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City

by David L. Mowery
Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City

Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City

by David L. Mowery

Overview

During the Civil War, Cincinnati played a crucial role in preserving the United States. Not only was the city the North's most populous in the west, but it was also the nation's third-most productive manufacturing center. Instrumental in the Underground Railroad prior to the conflict, the city became a focal point for curbing Southern incursion into Union territory, and nearby Camp Dennison was Ohio's largest camp in the Civil War and one of the largest in the United States. Cincinnati historian David L. Mowery examines the many different facets of the Queen City during the war, from the enlistment of the city's area residents in more than 590 Federal regiments and artillery units to the city's production of seventy-eight U.S. Navy gunboats for the nation's rivers. As the Union's "Queen City," Cincinnati lived up to its name.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467139960
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 04/19/2021
Series: Civil War Series
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David L. Mowery is a native resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. American military history piqued his interest at an early age. Since childhood, he has researched and visited more than seven hundred battlefields across fifty states and nine countries. In 2001, David joined the all-volunteer Ohio Civil War Trail Commission as its Hamilton County representative, but over the years, his role expanded to include the final design and historical validation of the entire length of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail of Ohio. He is the coauthor of Morgan's Raid Across Ohio: The Civil War Guidebook of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail (Ohio Historical Society, 2014) and the author of Morgan's Great Raid: The Remarkable Expedition from Kentucky to Ohio (The History Press, 2013). Since 1995, David has been a member of the Cincinnati Civil War Round Table, for which he has written various papers on Civil War subjects and has led many Civil War tours of the Cincinnati region. He has also served with the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation, the grass-roots organization working to preserve Ohio's largest Civil War battlefield.

Table of Contents

Preface 11

1 The Storm of War 15

2 "Unshrinking Was the First Voice" 25

3 Cincinnati Looks Southward 40

4 Fortifying the Queen City 57

5 "Citizens for Labor, Soldiers for Battle" 68

6 Copperheads and Raiders 75

7 The Slaughter Has Ended 86

Appendix A U.S. Navy Steamers Built, Refit or Purchased in Cincinnati 109

Appendix B Civil War Fortifications Constructed in Greater Cincinnati 119

Appendix C Civil War Sites in Greater Cincinnati 133

Appendix D Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum 211

Appendix E Military Units Composed of Cincinnati or Hamilton County Residents 237

Notes 281

Bibliography 295

Index 307

About the Author 319

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