Southern Families at War : Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South

Southern Families at War : Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780198031291
ISBN-13 : 0198031297
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Book Synopsis Southern Families at War : Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South by : Women's History Catherine Clinton Historian of Southern History, and the American Civil War

Download or read book Southern Families at War : Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South written by Women's History Catherine Clinton Historian of Southern History, and the American Civil War and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-07-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern family, this volume of twelve original essays provides fresh insights into this watershed in American history.


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