Take Care of the Living: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia

by Jeffrey W. McClurken

Take Care of the Living assesses the short- and long-term impact of the war on Confederate veteran families of all classes in Pittsylvania County and Danville, Virginia. Using letters, diaries, church minutes, and military and state records, as well as close analysis of the entire 1860 and 1870 Pittsylvania County manuscript population census, McClurken explores the consequences of the war for over three thousand Confederate soldiers and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813928133
• ISBN13: 9780813928135
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher