Children's Civil War

by James Marten

Book Overview

Children--white and black, northern and southern--endured a vast and varied range of experiences during the Civil War. Children celebrated victories and mourned defeats, tightened their belts and widened their responsibilities, took part in patriotic displays and suffered shortages and hardships, fled their homes to escape enemy invaders and snatched opportunities to run toward the promise of freedom. Offering a fascinating look at how children were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807824259
• ISBN13: 9780807824252
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"