Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Engle, Stephen D.
Abstract
When the Civil War began in 1861, the California Legislature pledged the state’s loyalty to the Union cause, and that allegiance never wavered. Location insulated the state from the major conflicts, and for most people, life remained relatively unchanged. Location also determined that California fought a different Civil War, faced a different enemy, and confronted challenges unique to its geography and position in the nation. California mines financed the Union war effort, and California Volunteers kept the peace throughout the West. The loyal population and the military monitored the activities of the large pro-southern minority, prevented any linkup with rebel troops, and denied the Confederacy the vast resources o f the Golden State. During the war, California initiated political, social, and economic changes that had far-reaching consequences for its future. California, perhaps, appeared unaffected by the war, but, in reality, it may have changed more than any other northern state.
Extent
236 p.
Recommended Citation
Wineinger, Cathleen Compton, "“We are on the Circumference of the Union, but the Union Suffers Nothing From Coldness in the Extremities” The Civil War in California" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1200.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1200
Identifier
FA00000977
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters