Title: The Southern homefront, 1861-1865
Description: Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life. Includes over four hundred digitized contemporary printed works and manuscripts, accompanied by ca. 1,000 images of currency, manuscript letters, maps, broadsides, title pages, illustrations, and photographs.
Subjects: History, Social conditions, Economic conditions, Education, Politics and government, Legislation, Secession, Finance
Places: Southern States, Confederate States of America, United States
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865