Jacksonville Public Library

Gale library of daily life, American Civil War, Steven E. Woodworth, editor

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Gale library of daily life

electronic resource

bibliographydictionaries

341768225

Steven E. Woodworth, editor

Gale virtual reference library

American Civil War

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

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