Civil War Pittsburgh: Forge of the Union - Softcover

Barcousky, Len

Softcover

ISBN 10: 162619081X ISBN 13: 9781626190818

Verlag: HISTORY PR, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the course of the Civil War, Pittsburgh and Allegheny County provided both troops and equipment--including heavy artillery--in disproportionately large numbers. While no major battles were fought nearby, local soldiers and civilians sacrificed and suffered--the Allegheny Arsenal explosion in September 1862 left seventy-eight dead and was the worst civilian disaster of the war. Thousands dug trenches and joined militia companies to defend their city as others worked to support the wounded soldiers. Reporter Len Barcousky draws on the next-day reporting of the predecessors of the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "to craft a gripping and insightful view of the Steel City during the Civil War.

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Len Barcousky has been a reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1986. He has covered Pittsburgh history in his Eyewitness columns, and authored Remembering Pittsburgh: An Eyewitness History of the Steel City (The History Press, 2010). He received his BA from Penn State and an MBA from Columbia University. Andrew E. Masich is president and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HISTORY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 162619081X
• ISBN 13: 9781626190818
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 127
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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