Mobile Under Siege: Surviving the Union Blockade

by Paula Lenor Webb

Overview

On August 5, 1864, the Civil War arrived at Mobile's doorstep. The Union navy blockaded Mobile Bay and the city for eight months. Confederate general Dabney Maury fought to protect the city and its citizens who refused to leave, such as Octavia LeVert and Augusta Evans. Union admiral Farragut and General Canby slowly starved the city, knowing that the fall of Mobile could end the war. Author Paula Webb details the experiences of the ordeal and the defeat of a Confederate city that echoed through the entire country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467118477
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/14/2016
Series:	Civil War Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 16.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Paula Lenor Webb is a government documents reference and outreach librarian at the University of South Alabama. She has a master's in library and information science from the University of Alabama and a BA in English from Judson College. Paula is associated with the Mobile Genealogical Society, Mobile Historical Society and the History Museum of Mobile. Born in Mobile, the marriage of her library science degree and her love of research carried her deep into the history of her beloved home city.

Table of Contents

Foreword A "Thousand Allurements": Mobile in 1861 Lonnic A. Burnett 7

Preface 11

Acknowledgements 15

1 A Prequel: Rumors of War 17

2 August 1864: Battle of Mobile Bay 29

3 September 1864: Siege Begins 40

4 October 1864: Freedoms Sacrificed 50

5 November 1864: Denial and Survival 57

6 December 1864: The Call of Home 65

7 January 1865: Settle the Contradictions 74

8 February 1865: Speculations and Spies 83

9 March 1865: Stubbornness and Spanish Fort 92

10 April 1865: The Bitter End 101

11 After the War: Union Occupation 111

Notes 117

Bibliography 129

Index 139

About the Author 144