Daily Life in Civil War America, Second Edition

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Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo

ISBN: 0-313-36603-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36603-1

412 pages, photos

Greenwood Press

Publication: 10/13/2009

List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Series Title: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series

Description: When first published, Daily Life in Civil War America shifted the spotlight from the conflict's military operations and famous leaders to its affect on day-to-day living. Now this popular, groundbreaking work returns in a thoroughly updated new edition, drawing on an expanded range of journals, journalism, diaries, and correspondence to capture the realities of wartime life for soldiers and citizens, slaves and free persons, women and children, on both sides of the conflict.

In addition to chapter-by-chapter updating, the edition features new chapters on two important topics: the affects of the war on families, focusing on the absence of men on the home front and the plight of nearly 26,000 children orphaned by the war; and the activities of the Copperheads, anti-Confederate border residents, and other Southern pacifist groups.

Title Features:

Includes excerpts from a wide range of first-person original writings, including diaries, letters, journals, and newspaper articles
Presents over 50 images, including photographs, posters, and contemporary illustrations, much of it from the author's own collection

About the Author: Dorothy Denneen Volo is a teacher, historian, and living history enthusiast.

James M. Volo is a teacher, lecturer, and historian.


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