… the Civil War era household is, then, quite different from the common way that Civil War
households are … Collectively, these essays demonstrate that the war actually revolved around the …

… War explores the diverse ways the Civil War household shaped … suggests how the household
and battlefield became … Page 342] that households were both the sites of war as well as the …

… Civil War only amplified this association of nation and family … nation as if it were a quarreling
family—or a war of “brother against … who often lived in the same household and were bound …

… anniversary of the battle in 1988, included living history exhibits of life on the home front and
… , then we must ask, what did this war of domestic liberation mean for women of the South? …

… shows that these households were central to the war effort, blending military and domestic
goals. Andrew K. Frank argues that Indian households were central to the Civil War, centering …

… Second, all four types of the ruins discussed in this book were ephemeral. Within a … the
American landscape. City buildings and homes were rebuilt or their materials were repurposed as …

… A man who rode with the army from Lexington down the Valley to Harpers Ferry noted, ‘‘When
I left home I wondered if other counties were as enthused as Rockbridge, for I thought we …

… ., in which he asked for a simple burial within a few hours of his death, with no coffin and no
service, like the simple funerals of “our brave soldiers who were slain in battle.” He asked his …

… the destruction of homes and personal property, the uprooting of households, and the … of
those who fought and died, it would have been a greater tribute to our nation had they lived. The …

… In a nation rent by war and invasion, there are no private lives. Women's evaluations of the
southern government's policies on conscription, relief, home defense, economic production, …