New Jerseyans in the Civil War: For Union and Liberty

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000. A solid copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. The Dust Jacket is protected by a Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 19 maps, charts, portraits, prints, and photographs. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The Civil War divided New Jersey just as it did the nation. As a small state sandwiched between two large and powerful neighbors, New Jersey had always enthusiastically supported the creation of a strong central government. On the other hand, many New Jersey citizens did not share the anti-slavery sentiments of the North; they supported property rights of slave owners and believed in the natural inferiority of blacks. Subsequently, when southern states began to secede from the Union to form the Confederacy, New Jerseyans were left divided and confused. William J. Jackson examines the ironies, paradoxes, and contradictions that characterized New Jersey's unique historical role in the war. His book is the first to examine the role this state played in context of the entire Civil War. It is also the only book to incorporate social and political history with that of military history and issues. Civil War aficionados and historians will welcome Jackson's analysis of the participation of New Jersey African Americans on the home front and in the military.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY./Very Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo. xii, 271pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.