Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781476662442
Subjects: North carolina, history; United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Description: "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"--