Daily Life in Civil War America, 2nd Edition

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

• Introduction to the Revised EditionChronologyPart I: History, Politics, and Slavery1. The Historian's War19th-century AmericaSowing the Seeds of ConflictA Divided EconomyModernizationPolitics as Usual2. Politics: The National HobbyThe Politics of DivisionThe Election of 1860SecessionFire-EatersThe Southern Radical PressThe Act of Disunion3. The American ZionThe Perfect NationGrowing GovernmentUrbanizationReligionReform MovementsThe Temperance MovementThe Prevention of PauperismThe Value of a DollarThe North Finances the War4. On Behalf of Southern IndependenceSouthern NationalismReestablishing the American RevolutionFinancing DisunionBlockade RunnersThe Bread Riots5. The Peculiar Institution: SlaveryThe Slave TradePlantation SlaverySlave ClothingSlave Work WeekSlave FoodSlave EntertainmentLegal Rights for Slaves and DisciplineDraft RiotsBlack ChurchesThe Slave FamilyMiscegenation6. AbolitionThe Anti-Slavery MovementSuppression of the Slave TradeGradualism and ColonizationAbolitionistsBlack Anti-Slavery ActivistsSlaveownersSlavery and the CourtsMutiny on the AmistadThe Lemmon CaseThe Dred Scott DecisionFugitive SlavesFrom Slavery to ContrabandPart II: Soldiers' Lives7. Billy Yank and Johnny RebCommon SoldiersBoys in WarPartisan WarfareConscriptionPrisoners of WarDisbanding the Armies8. Hardtack and CoffeeSupplying the Army with GrubArmy FoodCookwareThe CommissaryFoodstuffsCanned FoodsCamp RationsMarching RationsSutlersOfficers' MessForagingFresh MeatPreserved MeatsFresh BreadHardtackCornbreadCoffeeSalt and Life9. Tenting Tonight: The Solider's LifeShelterEquipmentUniformsCamp Life and Recreation10. Tactics and StrategyStrategyGeographyRaidersRailroadsRoadsMilitary OrganizationArmiesCorps and DivisionsTacticsAncillary UnitsMedical ServiceMoral AwakeningWomen at War11. Seeing the Elephant: The Realities of Life in BattleMarching to WarMaking ContactA Day of BattleWounded in BattleClimaxThe AftermathPart III: Civilians' Lives12. Be It Ever So HumbleThe Front HallThe ParlorThe LibraryThe Dining RoomThe KitchenThe BedroomsThe NurseryThe Necessary13. Leisure TimeLiteratureNewspapersAvailability of Reading MaterialWomen WritersPhotographyOptical NoveltiesCultural InstitutionsReading ClubsLecturesGamesCroquetSocial CallsLadies' Crafts14. Feast or Famine: Food and CookingStorageModern AdvancementFood AttitudesCommon FoodsFood PricesThe War's EffectShortagesSupplementing the Troops15. The Look: Fashion and Women's ClothingWomen's ClothingThe DressUndergarmentsOuterwearHeadgearAncillary ClothingFootwearAccessoriesJewelryHairstyles16. Dressed for the Part: Men's, Children's, and Slaves ClothingMen's ClothingChildren's ClothingSlaves' Clothing17. Elevating and Expanding the Young Mind18. Till the Mournful Night Is Gone: Death and Dying19. The Effects of Warfare on FamiliesA Devastated LandscapeAn Absence of MenChildren of WarSoldiers' OrphansWhose Children Are These?The Orphan Trains20. CopperheadsClement VallandighamAnti-Confederate SouthernersWatching a Free Government DieGlossary of Civil War Period TermsSelected BibliographyIndex

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