Philadelphia in the American Civil War
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 118 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5086-0482-0
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Philadelphia during the American Civil War was a significant city in the North providing an important source of troops, money, weapons, medical care, and supplies for the Union. Before the Civil War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's economic connections with the South made much of the city sympathetic to South's grievances with the North. Once the war began many Philadelphians opinion shifted in support for the Union and the war against the Confederate States of America. More than fifty infantry and cavalry regiments were recruited fully or in part in Philadelphia and the city was the main source for uniforms for the Union Army. Along with the uniforms Philadelphia manufactured weapons and constructed numerous warships. Philadelphia was also the location of the two largest military hospitals in the United States, Satterlee Hospital and Mower Hospital. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде...