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100 1 $aSchafer, Daniel L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85047142
245 10 $aThunder on the river :$bthe Civil War in northeast Florida /$cDaniel L. Schafer.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axi, 348 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"Raise the Banner of Secession": Sectional Debates in Jacksonville, 1845-1861 -- $g2.$tJacksonville Prepares for War -- $g3.$tA Pathway into the Heart of East Florida -- $g4.$tThe First Occupation of Jacksonville -- $g5.$tFreedom Was as Close as the River -- $g6.$tDebacle at St. Johns Bluff, and the Second Occupation of Jacksonville -- $g7.$tUnionists in Exile -- $g8.$t"These Are United States Troops and They Will Not Dishonor the Flag": The Third Occupation of Jacksonville -- $g9.$t"To Redeem Florida from the Rebels": The Fourth Occupation of Jacksonville -- $g10.$tThunder on the River: Torpedo Warfare and the Struggle for Control of Northeast Florida -- $g11.$tThe Struggle for Allegiance of Florida Residents -- $g12.$t"The Storm Has Ceased": Life for Jacksonville's White Residents during the Federal Occupation -- $g13.$tA Troubled Transition to Freedom: Life for Jacksonville's Black Residents during the Federal Occupation.
520 1 $a"This fast-paced narrative explores the impact of the Civil War on Florida's St. Johns River region. Moving chronologically through the war years, Thunder on the River brings to light the story of the city of Jacksonville, including the surrounding countryside and its residents, be they white or black, supporters of the Confederacy or of the Union." "Northeast Florida was the most hotly contested region of Florida during the Civil War. For the enslaved population of the region, Union control of the St. Johns meant that freedom was as close as the river. Hundreds of slaves and free blacks of northeast Florida made important wartime contributions, including many who escaped from bondage and joined the Union army to fight for freedom. The white residents of Jacksonville were so convinced that Northerners intended to limit the right granted by the Constitution to carry human property into the western territories, and to eventually abolish the institution of slavery altogether, that they embraced secession and war as their last desperate chance to preserve their way of life. Daniel Schafer delves into the complex dynamics of race and culture in the region, demonstrating how and why fears about the black population increased, and revealing the true motives behind state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before war's end." "The city of Jacksonville was captured multiple times by Federal forces during the Civil War. During the fourth occupation it was used as a staging ground for the planned Union invasion of the Florida interior. This ill-fated expedition ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory - one of the last significant ones of the war - along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the final Union occupation of the city." "Thunder on the River touches on such important themes as secession, contested places, occupation, emancipation, invasions, hard war, and reconstruction. It presents local history in a national context and offers a comprehensive telling of the story of Florida's Civil War experience from the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction-of Confederates and Unionists, of soldiers and civilians, of enlisted men and officers, of die-hards and deserters, of slaves and plantation owners, of ordinary men and women caught up in extraordinary events."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aJacksonville (Fla.)$xHistory, Military$y19th century.
651 0 $aJacksonville (Fla.)$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aSaint Johns River Region (Fla.)$xHistory, Military$y19th century.
651 0 $aSaint Johns River Region (Fla.)$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aFlorida$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049235
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