The Homefront in Civil War Missouri
Publisher: The History Press
Published: Jul 08, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781626194335
Description: Over one thousand Civil War engagements were fought in Missouri, and the conflict could not be quarantined from civilian life. In the countryside, the wives and mothers of absent soldiers had to cope with marauders from both sides. Children saw their fathers and brothers beaten, hanged or shot. In the cities, a cheer for Jeff Davis could land a young boy in jail, and a letter to a sweetheart in the Confederate army could get a girl banished from the state. Women volunteered to care for the flood of wounded and sick soldiers. Slavery crumbled and created new opportunities for black men to serve in the Union army but left their families vulnerable to retaliation at home. The turbulence and bitterness of guerrilla war was everywhere.
Notes: Source title: The Homefront in Civil War Missouri (Civil War Series)