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Weary of War: Life on the Confederate Home Front (Reflections on the Civil War Era)

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Providing a fresh look at a a very powerful aspect of the American Civil War, this new study explores the daily life of people in the Confederate States of The united states as they struggled to deal with a crisis that spared no one, military or civilian. Mobley touches on the experiences of everyone on the home front-white and black, female and male, rich and poor, old and young, native and foreign born. He looks at health, agriculture, industry, transportation, refugees city life, religion, education, culture families, personal relationships, and public welfare. In so doing, he offers his perspective on how much the will of the people contributed to the final defeat of the Southern cause.

Although no single experience was once common to all Southerners, a great many suffered poverty, dislocation, and heartbreak. For African Americans, then again, the war brought liberation from slavery and the promise of a new life. White women, too, saw their lives transformed as wartime challenges gave them new responsibilities and experiences. Mobley explains how the Confederate military draft, heavy taxes, and restrictions on personal freedoms led to widespread dissatisfaction and cries for peace among Southern folk. He describes the Confederacy as a region of divided loyalties, where pro-Union and pro-Confederate neighbors once in a while clashed violently. This readable, one-volume account of life in the back of the lines will prove particularly useful for students of the conflict.

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