Take care of the living : reconstructing Confederate veteran families in Virginia /
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 publi...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009. |
| Series: | Nation divided.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Table of 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.