With a new preface and updated historiographical essay. Based on recent scholarship and deep research in primary sources, especially the letters and diaries of

Describes life in the northern United States during the Civil War, discussing life on farms, plantations, and in cities and the roles played by women, children,

Includes essays on the Northern home front. This title brings together essays on the economic, social, and domestic aspects of life in the North during the Civi

"Ramold disputes the old argument that citizen-soldiers in the Union Army differed little from civilians. He shows how a chasm of mutual distrust grew between s

Cimbala (history, Fordham U., New York) and Miller (history, Saint Joseph's U., Philadelphia) introduce a dozen contributions on the Civil War battlefront's eff