Provides basic information on indiviuduals, their families and the society and communities in which Americans lived -North and South- at the time of the Civil W

Though civilians constituted the majority of the nation's population and were intimately involved with almost every aspect of the war, we know little about the

The American Civil War had a devastating impact on countless numbers of common soldiers and civilians. This book shows how average Americans coped with despair

Counting Civilian Casualties aims to promote open scientific dialogue by high lighting the strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used casualty recording

The acclaimed Lincoln scholar examines the president’s treatment of Southern civilians during the Civil War, shedding new light on his wartime conduct. By twe