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1005647
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b760017
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Bennett, Michael J.
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| Title & Author
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Union Jacks : : Yankee sailors in the Civil War /\ Michael J. Bennett.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Civil War America
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1 online resource (xv, 337 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0807863246
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: 9780807863244
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080782870X
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9780807828700
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.
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| Contents
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Dissenters from the American mood: why men joined the United States Navy during the Civil War -- Any man can become a soldier: the making of union sailors -- Ships of fools: the sailor's experience on the union blockade -- The devil's own purgatory: the experience of gunboatmen in the Mississippi squadron -- All hands drunk and rioting: the maritime culture of union sailors -- Saving Jack: religion, union sailors, and the United States Christian commission -- Frictions: shipboard relations between white and contraband union sailors -- My youthfull emagination of hell: the face of battle for union sailors.
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| Abstract
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Michael Bennett offers an assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865. He explores the origins of the men who were sailors at this time, their reasons for enlistment and how their backgrounds shaped their service.
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United States.-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States.-- Sea life-- History-- 19th century.
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United States.
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Sailors-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Sailors-- United States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Armed Forces-- Sea life.
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HISTORY.
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Marine
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Military operations, Naval.
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Sailors-- Social conditions.
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Sailors.
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Seeschlacht
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Sezessionskrieg
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Social aspects.
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Seemann.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/58/0922
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| LC Classification
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E591.B46 2004eb
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