The Civilian War: Confederate Women and Union Soldiers During Sherman's March

by Lisa Tendrich Frank

Book Overview

The Civilian War explores home front encounters between elite Confederate women and Union soldiers during Sherman's March, a campaign that put women at the center of a Union army operation for the first time. Ordered to crush the morale as well as the military infrastructure of the Confederacy, Sherman and his army increasingly targeted wealthy civilians in their progress through Georgia and the Carolinas. To drive home the full extent of northern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807178179
• ISBN13: 9780807178171
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"