Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands by George E. Buker

According to Buker, disloyalty was closely linked to the activities ofthe East Gulf Blockading Squadron, which created a civil war within Florida, aided by refugees and escaped slaves ('contrabands'). Now George Buker joins the fray, asserting a high proportion of 'Union men' from all walks of life throughout Florida.

Johns (Florida during the Civil War ) concluded that pro-Union sentiment was rare and found mainly in east Florida early in the war. Georgia Lee Tatum (Disloyalty in the Confederacy ) emphasized the extensive 'disloyalty' in west Florida, while John E.

Buker offers a number of valuable insights into 'loyalty' in Confederate Florida. For his latest work, he has examined government and naval records, manuscript and published personal accounts, newspapers, and basic secondary works. Buker has been studying the state's history for several decades. Buker brings the periphery into focus by melding naval activities with events in Florida. In Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands, George E. At the same time, the naval war's importance has long been acknowledged. Accordingly, traditional surveys usually allot a few sparse references to Florida. Barely one full-scale military engagement occurred within the state-the minor Battle of Olustee. $29.95.) By conventional standards, events in Florida were hardly central to the Civil War. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1993. Linda Williams Reese East Central University Ada, Oklahoma Blockaders, Refugees, & Contrabands: Civil War on Florida 's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865. Libbie made a lifetime career ofthis sentiment, and both the general reader and the historian will find much to enjoy in this book about the Custers' Civil War years. made me feel how clever is wifely tact and devotion that would put in all truth and earnestness her husband's better nature before strangers, and make them over as she did me' (148). Libbie wrote, 'Her defense of her husband's character. Many years after the war, Libbie read a biography of Jefferson Davis written by his wife that changed her opinion of him. The key to understanding Elizabeth Bacon Custer's books lies in a revelation near the end of The Civil War Memories. Readers will also be fascinated by her relationship to Eliza, a former slave hired by Custer to take care of his wife, as well as Libbie's comments about slavery and the war's impact on that institution. ?6?CIVIL WAR HISTORY nineteenth-century lady. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands by George E. Buker