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The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862
In 1845, sparsely populated Florida had been admitted to the United States along with Iowa in an ill-fated attempt to keep the balance between slave and free states and ultimately avert the civil war that many felt was on the horizon. When hostilities began in 1861, Florida's Pensacola Bay area with its magnificent harbor, valuable navy yard and impressive fortifications became hotly contested by Union and Confederate forces. While Pensacola's lack of navigable rivers and limited rail access had kept it from developing into one of the country's major commercial centers, its location provided the perfect base for hostile strikes on nearby Mobile and New Orleans. Focusing on the town of Pensacola and the small residential villages of Warrington and Woolsey, this volume details the events which took place in and around Pensacola Bay immediately before and in the early months of the Civil War. It takes a look at the various people involved and how their personalities and attributes shaped the course of events. The work presents happenings from a contemporary viewpoint rather than how they were reported and retold at a later time. More than 70 period photographs and illustrations complete the depiction of events.

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The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862
In 1845, sparsely populated Florida had been admitted to the United States along with Iowa in an ill-fated attempt to keep the balance between slave and free states and ultimately avert the civil war that many felt was on the horizon. When hostilities began in 1861, Florida's Pensacola Bay area with its magnificent harbor, valuable navy yard and impressive fortifications became hotly contested by Union and Confederate forces. While Pensacola's lack of navigable rivers and limited rail access had kept it from developing into one of the country's major commercial centers, its location provided the perfect base for hostile strikes on nearby Mobile and New Orleans. Focusing on the town of Pensacola and the small residential villages of Warrington and Woolsey, this volume details the events which took place in and around Pensacola Bay immediately before and in the early months of the Civil War. It takes a look at the various people involved and how their personalities and attributes shaped the course of events. The work presents happenings from a contemporary viewpoint rather than how they were reported and retold at a later time. More than 70 period photographs and illustrations complete the depiction of events.

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The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862

The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862

by John K. Driscoll
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The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862

The Civil War on Pensacola Bay, 1861-1862

by John K. Driscoll

Overview

In 1845, sparsely populated Florida had been admitted to the United States along with Iowa in an ill-fated attempt to keep the balance between slave and free states and ultimately avert the civil war that many felt was on the horizon. When hostilities began in 1861, Florida's Pensacola Bay area with its magnificent harbor, valuable navy yard and impressive fortifications became hotly contested by Union and Confederate forces. While Pensacola's lack of navigable rivers and limited rail access had kept it from developing into one of the country's major commercial centers, its location provided the perfect base for hostile strikes on nearby Mobile and New Orleans. Focusing on the town of Pensacola and the small residential villages of Warrington and Woolsey, this volume details the events which took place in and around Pensacola Bay immediately before and in the early months of the Civil War. It takes a look at the various people involved and how their personalities and attributes shaped the course of events. The work presents happenings from a contemporary viewpoint rather than how they were reported and retold at a later time. More than 70 period photographs and illustrations complete the depiction of events.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786475124
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 02/12/2013
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 1,089,537
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

The late John K. Driscoll, a retired administrator, lived in Madison, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

1. The Bay, the Yard, and the Forts     
2. “To Use Whatever Means He Had”     
3. “If Blood Is Shed, You Are Responsible”     
4. “Pickens Is Not Worth One Drop of Blood”     
5. “Too Much Dallying and Curtseying”     
6. “Give the Powhatan to Captain Mercer”     
7. “When the Arrow has Fled from the Bow”     
8. “Fort Pickens Now Stood Alone”     
9. “A More Innocent War Was Never Carried On”     
10. “The Enemy Failed in All Objectives”     
11. “A Signal Gun Fired at 10:00 A.M.”     
12. “Fort Pickens Stands to This Day”     

Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     
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