Research Catalog

Title

Daily life in Civil War America / Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.

Author

Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-

Publication

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Volo, James M., 1947-

Description

xix, 397 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm

Summary

Provides information about the day-to-day lives of soldiers, civilians, and slaves during the Civil War years.

Series Statement

The Greenwood Press daily life through history series

Uniform Title

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.

Subjects

• United States
• 1783-1865
• Manners and customs
• Social aspects
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects
• United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865
• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction to the revised edition -- Chronology -- Part 1: History, Politics, And Slavery: -- Historian's war: -- 19th-century America -- Sowing the seeds of conflict -- Divided economy -- Modernization -- Politics as usual -- Politics: National Hobby: -- Politics of division -- Election of 1860 -- Secession -- Fire-eaters -- Southern radical press -- Act of disunion -- American Zion: -- Perfect nation -- Growing government -- Urbanization -- Religion -- Reform movements -- Temperance movement -- Prevention of pauperism -- Value of a dollar -- North finances the war -- On behalf of southern independence: -- Southern nationalism -- Reestablishing the American Revolution -- Financing disunion -- Blockade runners -- Bread riots -- Peculiar institution: slavery: -- Slave trade -- Plantation slavery -- Slave clothing -- Slave work week -- Slave food -- Slave entertainment -- Legal rights for slaves and discipline -- Draft riots -- Black churches -- Slave family -- Miscegenation -- Abolition: -- Anti-slavery movement -- Suppression of the slave trade -- Gradualism and colonization -- Abolitionists -- Black anti-slavery activists -- Slaveowners -- Slavery and the courts -- Mutiny on the Amistad -- Lemmon case -- Dred Scott decision -- Fugitive slaves -- From slavery to contraband -- Part 2: Soldiers' Lives: -- Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: -- Common soldiers -- Boys in war -- Partisan warfare -- Conscription -- Prisoners of war -- Disbanding the armies -- Hardtack and coffee: -- Supplying the army with grub -- Army food -- Cookware -- Commissary -- Foodstuffs -- Canned foods -- Camp rations -- Marching rations -- Sutlers -- Officers' mess -- Foraging -- Fresh meat -- Preserved meats -- Fresh bread -- Hardtack -- Cornbread -- Coffee -- Salt and life -- Tenting tonight: the soldier's life: -- Shelter -- Equipment -- Uniforms -- Camp life and recreation -- Tactics and strategy: -- Strategy -- Geography -- Raiders -- Railroads -- Roads -- Military organization -- Armies -- Corps and divisions -- Tactics -- Ancillary units -- Medical service -- Moral awakening -- Women at war -- Seeing the elephant: realities of life in battle: -- Marching to war -- Making contact -- Day of battle -- Wounded in battle -- Climax -- Aftermath -- Part 3: Civilians' Lives: -- Be it ever so humble: -- Front hall -- Parlor -- Library -- Dining room -- Kitchen -- Bedrooms -- Nursery -- Necessary -- Leisure time: -- Literature -- Newspapers -- Availability of reading material -- Women writers -- Photography -- Optical novelties -- Cultural institutions -- Reading clubs -- Lectures -- Games -- Croquet -- Social calls -- Ladies' crafts -- Feast or famine: food and cooking: -- Storage -- Modern advancement -- Food attitudes -- Common foods -- Food prices -- War's effect -- Shortages -- Supplementing the troops -- Look: fashion and women's clothing: -- Women's clothing -- Dress -- Undergarments -- Outerwear -- Headgear -- Ancillary clothing -- Footwear -- Accessories -- Jewelry -- Hairstyles -- Dressed for the part: men's, children's, and slaves' clothing: -- Men's clothing -- Children's clothing -- Slaves' clothing -- Elevating and expanding the young mind -- Till the mournful night is gone: death and dying -- Effects of warfare on families: -- Devastated landscape -- Absence of men -- Children of war -- Soldiers' orphans -- Whose children are these? -- Orphan trains -- Copperheads: -- Clement Vallandigham -- Anti-confederate southerners -- Watching a free government die -- Glossary of Civil War period terms -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

E468.9

ISBN

• 9780313366031
• 0313366039

LCCN

2009025495

OCLC

417444379

Author

Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-

Title

Daily life in Civil War America / Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.

Imprint

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, ©2009.

Edition

2nd ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Greenwood Press daily life through history series

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1783-1865

Added Author

Volo, James M., 1947-

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG E468.9 .V6 2009