The Civil War Lover's Guide to New York City
Bill Morgan
(Author)
Description
Few Americans associate New York City with the Civil War, but the most populated metropolitan area in the nation, then and now, is filled with scores of monuments, historical sites, and resources directly related to those four turbulent years. Veteran author Bill Morgan's The Civil War Lover's Guide to New York City examines more than 150 of these largely overlooked and often forgotten historical gems. New York City has always been full of surprises. Not only was it largely sympathetic to the South, but its citizens twice voted overwhelmingly against Abraham Lincoln and the mayor refused to fly the American flag over city hall on the day of his inauguration. The USS Monitor, the country's first ironclad, was designed and built here, and General Meade sent troops to the city straight from the Gettysburg battlefield to put down the bloodiest civil rebellion in our history. By the time the war ended, New York had provided more men, equipment, and supplies for the Union than any other city in the North. Morgan's book takes readers on a nearly endless journey of historical discovery. Walk inside the church where Stonewall Jackson was baptized (which still holds services), visit the building where Lincoln delivered his famous "Cooper Union Speech," and marvel that the church built by the great abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher is still used for worship. A dozen Civil War era forts still stand (the star-shaped bastion upon which the Statue of Liberty rests was a giant supply depot), and one of them sent relief supplies to besieged Fort Sumter in Charleston. Visit the theater where "Dixie" was first performed and the house where Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage. After the war, New York honored the brave men who fought by erecting some of the nation's most beautiful memorials in honor of William T. Sherman, Admiral David Farragut, and Abraham Lincoln. These and many others still grace parks and plazas around the city. Ulysses S. Grant adopted New York as his home and is buried here in the largest mausoleum in America (which was also the most-visited monument in the country). See the homes where many generals, including Winfield Scott, George McClellan, Daniel Sickles, and even Robert E. Lee, once lived. Complete with full-color photos and maps, Morgan's lavishly illustrated and designed The Civil War Lover's Guide to New York City is a must-have book for every student of the Civil War and for every visitor to New York City.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Publish Date
October 01, 2013
Pages
208
Dimensions
7.06 X 0.41 X 9.99 inches | 1.11 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781611211221
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Bill Morgan was born in Atlanta, GA and has lived in Tennessee, Indiana, New York, and (for the last 47 years) in Normal, IL. He has published two print chapbooks of poems, Trackings: The Body's Memory, the Heart's Fiction (Dead Metaphor Press, 1998) and Sky with Six Geese (Pudding House Press, 2005), one e- chapbook, Spare Parts and Whole Poems in Various Shapes and Sizes (Seventh Dream Press, 2014), as well as numbers of individual poems in journals. For a long time he could be sighted in the halls, classrooms, and offices of the English Department at Illinois State University. Under his other name, William W. Morgan, he taught Victorian Literature and wrote scholarly studies of Thomas Hardy and other poets. Now retired from teaching, he is Poetry Editor for The Hardy Review and co-produces Poetry Radio for WGLT, the NPR affiliate in Normal, Illinois (WGLT.org). He is most often seen by day in Southwest England, South Florida, or Central Illinois with a fly rod or binoculars in his hands, or with bicycle wheels under him. At night, washed over by Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Verdi, Puccini, or Barber, he hunches over a keyboard and tries to salvage poems from the detritus of the day.
Reviews
"Mr. Morgan has produced a volume that is a must for any Civil War buff visiting or living in New York City.""--New York Journal of Books
"This well-researched book will be a great addition to any Civil War aficionados' collection."--Sacramento Book Review
"This well-researched book will be a great addition to any Civil War aficionados' collection."--Sacramento Book Review