The author of an acclaimed account of the lives of children in the Civil
War, Marten here provides a more comprehensive introduction to the
civilian history of the Civil War. Concise, vividly written chapters
describe the home front through the lives of individuals and the
histories of events and institutions in the North and South. The stories
are organized around five broad themes: the Northern home front, the
Southern home front, children, African Americans, and the war's
aftermath. The case studies feature voices of the famous, like Edmund
Riffin and Booker T. Washington, but more often they offer the testimony
of ordinary men, women, and children.
A superb blend of traditional narrative, case studies, and individual
stories, Civil War America is a valuable resource for students and
their teachers seeking to understand the many ways in which the Civil
War was truly a people's war.