New York City in the Civil War (Images of America) Loperfido John Sartain

John Sartain

Already tired men did not face the frustration of wandering in circles

the establishment of the National Cemetery

His striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries and extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination

only fourteen were Black men

New York City in the Civil War (Images of America) Loperfido John Sartainby Jonathan W. White (Author), Timothy Justin Orr (Author), Harold Holzer (Foreword) New York City was the center of business, commerce, manufacturing, culture, and war spirit in the North during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln gained an important national audience at the Cooper Institute in February 1860. Tens of thousands of young men enlisted in the city and marched off to fight. Factories churned out materiel for the soldiers. Black leaders such as