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Most accounts of California's role in the Civil War focus on the northern part of the state, San Francisco in particular. In Los Angeles in Civil War Days, John Robinson looks to the southern half and offers an enlightening sketch of Los Angeles and its people, politics, and economic trends from 1860 to 1865.

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This brief, very readable, and important book calls attention to a subject too long neglected - the bifurcation of life in Los Angeles during the Civil War years."" - Thomas F. Andrews, Research Historian for Special Collections, Asuza Pacific University

Los Angeles in Civil War Days 18601865

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780806143125, 978-0806143125
      ISBN10: 0806143126

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Most accounts of California's role in the Civil War focus on the northern part of the state, San Francisco in particular. In Los Angeles in Civil War Days, John Robinson looks to the southern half and offers an enlightening sketch of Los Angeles and its people, politics, and economic trends from 1860 to 1865.

      Trade Review
      This brief, very readable, and important book calls attention to a subject too long neglected - the bifurcation of life in Los Angeles during the Civil War years."" - Thomas F. Andrews, Research Historian for Special Collections, Asuza Pacific University

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