The war the women lived
Subtitle: female voices from the Confederate South
By: edited by Walter Sullivan ; with a foreword by George Core.
Contributors: Sullivan, Walter, 1924-
Publisher: J.S. Sanders
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Women -- Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.; Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources.
Description: In the War the Women Lived Walter Sullivan presents an informal history of the American Civil War in the South as seen through the eyes of the twenty-three principals whose acutely perceptive reports he has chosen for this book. "Through their memorable voices," George Garrett has written, comes "a vivid and fascinating view ... of those terrible times.".

The editor has selected thirty-one narrative sequences that unfold in chronological order. Each selection constitutes a story - of suffering, courage, daring, patriotism, resignation, faith; and the stories add up to an account of the war as it was lived and endured on the domestic front in the South, from its halcyon and hopeful beginnings in 1861 until its devastating conclusion in 1865.

The action, however, is by no means confined to home and hearth: it also includes scenes occurring on the battlefield and on shipboard; in churches, hospitals, and prisons; and elsewhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.