Daily Life in Civil War America

Based on extensive research into newly discovered documents, this new edition of the popular volume offers an updated look at the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught up in the Civil War.

When first published, Daily Life in Civil War America shifted the spotlight from the conflict's military operations and famous leaders to its affect on day-to-day living. Now this popular, groundbreaking work returns in a thoroughly updated new edition, drawing on an expanded range of journals, journalism, diaries, and correspondence to capture the realities of wartime life for soldiers and citizens, slaves and free persons, women and children, on both sides of the conflict.

In addition to chapter-by-chapter updating, the edition features new chapters on two important topics: the affects of the war on families, focusing on the absence of men on the home front and the plight of nearly 26,000 children orphaned by the war; and the activities of the Copperheads, anti-Confederate border residents, and other Southern pacifist groups.

Author: Dorothy Volo, James Volo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.51w x 1.41d
ISBN: 9780313366031

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 70

About the Author

Dorothy Denneen Volo is a teacher, historian, and living history enthusiast.

James M. Volo is a teacher, lecturer, and historian.