| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
A nation divided |
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Nation divided.
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| Contents |
The war comes, 1860-1865 -- Loss and reconstruction: the impact of the Civil War on veteran families and their postwar rebuilding -- Local support from Baptist churches -- Appeals for local elite assistance: the case of William T. Sutherlin -- Veteran families, mental illness, and the state: dealing with the "blue devils" -- State aid for veteran families: artificial limbs, commutations, pensions, and confederate homes |
| Summary |
Using letters, diaries, church minutes, and military and state records, as well as close analysis of the entire 1860 and 1870 Pittsylvania County manuscript population census, McClurken explores the consequences of the war for over three thousand Confederate soldiers and their families. --from publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County
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Veterans' families -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County -- History -- 19th century
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia -- Danville
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Veterans' families -- Virginia -- Danville -- History -- 19th century
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Veterans -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Veterans -- Virginia -- Danville -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Social conditions
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Veterans
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Veterans' families
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Veterans -- Social conditions
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Pittsylvania County (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Danville (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
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United States
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Virginia
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Virginia -- Danville
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Virginia -- Pittsylvania County
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008048718 |
| ISBN |
9780813928197 |
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0813928192 |
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1280490497 |
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9781280490491 |
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9786613585721 |
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6613585726 |
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