Buker’s Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands is such a book. 'Buker argues that the presence of Uni Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Floridas Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 (9780817312961): George E. "The proliferation of publications concerning the American Civil War occasionally produces one that really contributes to our understanding of that conflict. Highly worthwhile for its deep archival research, its careful and sustained argument, and its sparkling prose. Florida Unionists, antiwar natives, and runaway slaves flocked to these Federal warships to seek protection and quickly became a source of manpower for their crews as well as for land forces." Since the state's long coastlines made it a ready target for a naval cordon, its commercial life suffered beginning in 1861 and deteriorated even further as the war progressed despite the efforts of blockade runners. " argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore did serious damage to home-front morale and retarded Florida's value as a component of the rebel war machine. Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on FloridaS Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 (Alabama Fire Ant)George E. Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida.
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