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Making and remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16627
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
973.7 M235
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Responsibility
edited by William Blair and William Pencak.
ISBN
0271020792 (alk. paper)
9780271020792 (alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Keystone Confederates : Pennsylvanians who fought for Dixie / Christian B. Keller -- Avenue of dreams : patriotism and the spectator at Philadelphia's Great Central Sanitary Fair / Elizabeth Milroy -- "We were enlisted for the war" : ladies' aid societies and the politics of women's work during the Civil War / Rachel Filene Seidman -- "The world will little note nor long remember" : gender analysis of civilian responses to the Battle of Gettysburg / Christina Ericson -- The Avery Monument : the elevation of race in public sculpture and the Republican Party / Henry Pisciotta -- The Civil War letters of Quartermaster Sergeant John C. Brock, 43rd regiment, United States Colored Troops / edited by Eric Ledell Smith -- Sites of memory, sites of glory : African-American Grand Army of the Republic posts in Pennsylvania / Barbara A. Gannon -- "A disgrace that can never be washed out" : Gettysburg and the lingering stigma of 1863 / Jim Weeks -- "Magnificence and terrible truthfulness" : Peter F. Rothermel's The Battle of Gettysburg / Mark Thistlethwaite -- The brothers' war : Gettysburg the movie and American memory / William Blair.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
Additional Author
Blair, William Alan.
Pencak, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 M235
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A practical politician: the boss tactics of Matthew Stanley Quay

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10912
Author
Blair, William Alan.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.56
Author
Blair, William Alan.
Physical Description
77-92 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.56 (April 1989).
Summary
This is an article in the journal " Pennsylvania History " The author states: "This article examines how Quay used money and patronage as the foundation for gaining and maintaining power. The techniques suggest how practical politicians in the post-Civil war era practiced their trade ." Quay was born in Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing Beaver County, was Secretary of the State of Pennsylvania, and was Treasurer of the State .He was also Chairman of the Republican National Committee and served in the U.S. Senate.This article has numerous footnotes.
Subjects
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889.
Cameron, Donald.
Quay, Matthew Stanley, - 1833-1904.
Pennsylvania - History - 1865-1900.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.56
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