Gale library of daily life [electronic resource] : American Civil War / Steven E. Woodworth, editor.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008.Description: 1 online resource (2 v. (674 p.)) : illISBN:
  • 9781414430126 (electronic book)
  • 1414430124 (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gale library of daily life : American Civil War.DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • E468.9
Online resources:
Contents:
Vol. 1. Preface -- List of contributors -- A chronology of the American civil war -- Introduction -- A soldier's life -- Family and community -- Religion -- Popular culture -- Vol. 2. A chronology of the American civil war -- Health and medicine -- Work and economy -- Politics -- Effects of the war on slaves and freedpeople -- Reconciliation and remembrance -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Provides historical information on the battlefield and homefront experience and the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the North and South during the War. Primary source documents in the form of first-person accounts, letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, and literature bring to life the experiences of the Union and Confederate participants and the people they left behind.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vol. 1. Preface -- List of contributors -- A chronology of the American civil war -- Introduction -- A soldier's life -- Family and community -- Religion -- Popular culture -- Vol. 2. A chronology of the American civil war -- Health and medicine -- Work and economy -- Politics -- Effects of the war on slaves and freedpeople -- Reconciliation and remembrance -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.

Provides historical information on the battlefield and homefront experience and the political, economic, social, and cultural life of the North and South during the War. Primary source documents in the form of first-person accounts, letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, and literature bring to life the experiences of the Union and Confederate participants and the people they left behind.

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