Author : Catherine Clinton
Release : 2000-08-10
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 760/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Southern Families at War by : Catherine Clinton
Download or read book Southern Families at War written by Catherine Clinton. This book was released on 2000-08-10. 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.