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Title:

Union soldiers and the northern home front : wartime experiences, postwar adjustments / edited by Paul A. Cimbala and Randall M. Miller.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xvi, 508 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Soldiers--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Veterans--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Civil-military relations--Northeastern States--History--19th century.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
United States--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
Northeastern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Other Authors:

Cimbala, Paul A. (Paul Alan), 1951-
Miller, Randall M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Filling the ranks. "We are all in this war" : the 148th Pennsylvania and home front dissension in Centre County during the Civil War / Carol Reardon -- "Volunteer while you may" : manpower mobilization in Dubuque, Iowa / Russell L. Johnson -- "If they would know what I know it would be pretty hard to raise one company in York" : recruiting, the draft, and society's response in York County, Pennsylvania, 1861-1865 / Mark A. Snell. Northerners and their men in arms. "Tell me what the sensations are" : the northern home front learns about combat / Earl J. Hess -- "Listen ladies one and all" : Union soldiers yearn for the society of their "fair cousins of the North" / Patricia L. Richard -- Soldiering on the home front : the veteran reserve corps and the northern people / Paul A. Cimbala -- Saving Jack : religion, benevolent organizations, and Union sailors during the Civil War / Michael J. Bennett -- In the Lord's army : the United States Christian Commission, soldiers, and the Union war effort / David A. Raney -- Carrying the home front to war : soldiers, race, and New England culture during the Civil War / David A. Cecere.
From war to peace. "Surely they remember me" : the 16th Connecticut in war, captivity, and public memory / Lesley J. Gordon -- "Honorable scars" : northern amputees and the meaning of civil war injuries / Frances Clarke -- The impact of the Civil War on nineteenth-century marriages / Megan J. McClintock -- A different Civil War : African American veterans in New Bedford, Massachusetts / Earl F. Mulderink III -- "I would rather shake hands with the blackest nigger in the land" : northern Black Civil War veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic / Donald R. Shaffer -- "For every man who wore the blue" : the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the charges of elitism after the Civil War / Dana B. Shoaf.

Series:

The North's Civil War series, 1089-8719 ; no. 18

ISBN:

9780823221462 (pbk.)
0823221466 (pbk.)
9780823221455 (hardcover)
0823221458 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47844877

LCCN:

2001040884

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)