Author

Publication

2014-07-08 - The History Press

Language

English

Word Count

32,000 words, Guess

Page Count

128 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781626194335
  • Open LibraryOL27530305M

Classifications

  • LCCE517 .E79 2014
  • LCCE517.E79 2014

Description

Over one thousand Civil War engagements were fought in Missouri, and the conflict could not be quarantined from civilian life. In the countryside, the wives and mothers of absent soldiers had to cope with marauders from both sides. Children saw their fathers and brothers beaten, hanged or shot. In the cities, a cheer for Jeff Davis could land a young boy in jail, and a letter to a sweetheart in the Confederate army could get a girl banished from the state. Women volunteered to care for the flood of wounded and sick soldiers. Slavery crumbled and created new opportunities for black men to serve in the Union army but left their families vulnerable to retaliation at home. The turbulence and bitterness of guerrilla war was everywhere.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Homefront in Civil War MissouriPaperbackThe History Press2014-07-08

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