City of Sedition: The History of New York City during the Civil War

The definitive spellbinding story of the huge—and hugely conflicted—role New York City played in the Civil War.

"Populated by an epic cast of characters lurching through evocative tableaux at a breakneck pace, Mr. Strausbaugh's book stands alone, but never still."―The Wall Street Journal

Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award for Best Nonfiction

No city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance. No city raised more men, money, and materiel for the war, ...