New Orleans was the largest city in the Confederacy, protected in part by Fort Jackson, which was just 65 miles down the Mississippi River. On April 27, 1862, Confederate soldiers at Fort Jackson rose up in mutiny against their commanding officers. This book examines various sources to determine why the soldiers rebelled at such a decisive moment.
By exploring the intersection of gender and politics in the antebellum North, Michael Pierson examines how antislavery political parties capitalized on the emerging family practices and ideologies that accompanied the market revolution.
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