Philadelphia and the Civil War:: Arsenal of the Union

At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Philadelphia was the second-largest city in the country and had the industrial might to earn the title Arsenal of the Union."? With Pennsylvania's anthracite coal, the city mills forged steel into arms, and a vast

• | Author: Anthony Waskie
• | Publisher: History Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1609490118
• | ISBN-13: 9781609490119