New York City in the Civil War (Images of America) marble Mesh Backing

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Northerners condemned labor agents for pocketing fees above and beyond contracts for wages between employers and employees

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New York City in the Civil War (Images of America) marble Mesh Backingby Jonathan W. White (Author), Timothy Justin Orr (Author), Harold Holzer (Foreword) New York City was the center of business, commerce, manufacturing, culture, and war spirit in the North during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln gained an important national audience at the Cooper Institute in February 1860. Tens of thousands of young men enlisted in the city and marched off to fight. Factories churned out materiel for the soldiers. Black leaders such as