States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War
edited by Richard F. Miller
University Press of New England, 2015 eISBN: 978-1-61168-622-7 | Cloth: 978-1-61168-621-0 Library of Congress Classification E468.S79 2013 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War States and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, with many key sources remaining unavailable online. This crucial reference book, the fourth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey during the Civil War. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments, North and South. Designed and organized for easy use by professional historians and amateurs, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone history of an individual state’s war years; or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
RICHARD F. MILLER is also author of In Words and Deeds: Battle Speeches in History, A Carrier at War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War, and Harvard’s Civil War: The History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He is an independent scholar.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thematic Listing of Material • Acknowledgments • Abbreviations List • INTRODUCTION • Organization of This Book • Editorial Considerations • Reading States at War • Notes to Introduction • PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR • Notes to Principal Officers of the Department of War • CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS, BATTLES, LAWS, AND GENERAL ORDERS • Notes to Chronology • CHAPTER 1 DELAWARE • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information • Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Fort Delaware • Notes to Chapter 1 • Delaware Bibliography • CHAPTER 2 MARYLAND • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1865 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information •Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Notes to Chapter 2 • Maryland Bibliography • CHAPTER 3 NEW JERSEY • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1865 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information •Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Notes to Chapter 3 • New Jersey Bibliography • General Bibliography • Indexes • Delaware • Maryland • New Jersey
States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War
edited by Richard F. Miller
University Press of New England, 2015 eISBN: 978-1-61168-622-7 Cloth: 978-1-61168-621-0
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War States and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, with many key sources remaining unavailable online. This crucial reference book, the fourth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey during the Civil War. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments, North and South. Designed and organized for easy use by professional historians and amateurs, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone history of an individual state’s war years; or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
RICHARD F. MILLER is also author of In Words and Deeds: Battle Speeches in History, A Carrier at War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War, and Harvard’s Civil War: The History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He is an independent scholar.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thematic Listing of Material • Acknowledgments • Abbreviations List • INTRODUCTION • Organization of This Book • Editorial Considerations • Reading States at War • Notes to Introduction • PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR • Notes to Principal Officers of the Department of War • CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS, BATTLES, LAWS, AND GENERAL ORDERS • Notes to Chronology • CHAPTER 1 DELAWARE • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information • Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Fort Delaware • Notes to Chapter 1 • Delaware Bibliography • CHAPTER 2 MARYLAND • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1865 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information •Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Notes to Chapter 2 • Maryland Bibliography • CHAPTER 3 NEW JERSEY • War Geography • Economy in 1860 • Governance and Politicians • Demography • 1860 • Key Events • State Military Affairs • 1861 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1862 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1863 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1864 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • State Military Affairs • 1865 • Key Events • Legislative Sessions • Supplementary Information •Recruiting, Manpower, and Casualties • Expenses, Bounties, and Debt • State Agencies and Private Aid • Notes to Chapter 3 • New Jersey Bibliography • General Bibliography • Indexes • Delaware • Maryland • New Jersey