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America's Fortress : A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida, Pape...
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- ISBN
- 9780813080048
- Book Title
- America's Fortress : a History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
- Book Series
- Florida History and Culture Ser.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Known as the "American Gibraltar," Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history. Perceived as the nation's leading maximum-security prison, the fort also held several of the accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. America's Fortress is the first book-length, architectural, military, environmental, and political history of this strange and significant Florida landmark. This volume also fills a significant gap in Civil War history with regard to coastal defense strategy, support of the Confederacy blockade, the use of convicted Union soldiers as forced labor, and the treatment of civilian prisoners sentenced by military tribunals. Reid argues that Fort Jefferson's troops faced very different threats and challenges than soldiers who served elsewhere during the war. He chronicles threats of epidemic tropical disease, hurricanes, shipwrecks, prisoner escapes, and Confederate attack. Reid also reports on white northerners' perceptions of slaves, slavery, and the emerging free black soldiers of the latter years of the war. Drawing on the writings of Emily Holder, wife of Fort Jefferson's resident surgeon, Reid is the first to offer a female perspective on life at the fort between 1859 and 1865. For history buffs and tourists, America's Fortress offers a fascinating account of this little-known outpost which has stood for over 150 years off the tip of the Florida Keys.
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Publisher
University Press of Florida
ISBN-10
0813080045
ISBN-13
9780813080048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26057257116
Product Key Features
Book Title
America's Fortress : a History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
2022
Book Series
Florida History and Culture Ser.
Genre
History
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ug412
Reviews
"Fascinatingand exhaustively researched."-- International Journal of Naval History "[Reid]has provided an easily readable chronicle of Fort Jefferson's unique past, andhis work will be useful to those interested in but unfamiliar with this aspectof Florida history."-- Journal of Southern History "Afascinating and well-written blend of social, political, and military historyof a historic site that few know about."-- Civil War News "Students of nineteenth-century Florida canlearn much . . . recommended."-- H-Net
Dewey Decimal
358/.1670975941
Dewey Edition
22
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