Title: Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War /
Authors: Carpenter, Robert C. 1951-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Gaston County (N.C.) History; North Carolina History; North Carolina; North Carolina Gaston County.
Abstract: "This unique study of one Southern county's war experience tells of ordinary soldiers, wives, mothers, children, slaves, farmers, merchants, Unionists and deserters--through an examination of tax records. The recently discovered 1863 Gaston County, North Carolina, tax list provides a detailed economic and social picture of a war-weary community"--
Contents: Life in Gaston County -- Dallas, iron and gold manufacturing and cotton mills -- Gaston's fighting Confederates -- Soldiers, wives and mothers -- Family life -- Unionists and deserters -- Gaston violence and lawlessness -- Changing politics during the Civil War -- The African American during the war.