Buker’s Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands is such a book. Highly worthwhile for its deep archival research, its careful and sustained argument, and its sparkling prose. "The proliferation of publications concerning the American Civil War occasionally produces one that really contributes to our understanding of that conflict. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama. Florida Unionists, antiwar natives, and runaway slaves flocked to these Federal warships to seek protection and quickly became a source of manpower for their crews as well as for land forces." Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands: Civil War on Floridas Gulf Coast, 1861-1865. Since the state's long coastlines made it a ready target for a naval cordon, its commercial life suffered beginning in 1861 and deteriorated even further as the war progressed despite the efforts of blockade runners. " argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore did serious damage to home-front morale and retarded Florida's value as a component of the rebel war machine. Buker, George E, 1923-Material type: Text Format: available online Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1993. Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida. Blockaders, refugees & contrabands : civil war on Floridas gulf coast, 1861-1865 / George E.
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