Record details

• ISBN: 9781450025577
• ISBN: 1450025579
• ISBN: 9781453543634
• ISBN: 1453543635
• Physical Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Publisher: [Bloomington, In.] : Xlibris Corp, [2011]
• Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Vol. 1. Fanatics and fire-eaters -- Making flags -- Benevolent scavengers and patriotic exhaustion -- Gearing up: Yankees look out, we are coming! -- Fleeing and federal occupation down east: Massa runs one way and dey de other -- Roll of honor -- Nurses, female soldiers, spies, smugglers, and soiled doves -- Taxes, impressments, inflation, shortages, and poverty -- Speculation, extortion, and riots: Sir hear the crys of the pore I beg you-- -- Conscripts, substitutes, exemptions, deserters -- Questionable allegiance, unionists, and inner strife. Vol. 2. "Write soon and often" -- Slaves, free Blacks, and the Underground Railroad -- Black Confederate soldiers and Black U.S. soldiers -- The home guard and militia--a love-hate relationship -- Wilmington, blockade-runners, and Fort Fisher -- Caught in the middle -- Fighting back -- Sherman--the "Foul Fiend," Sherman--"the Great Incendiary" -- U.S. raids in western North Carolina -- Coming to an end ... "Nothing left but prayers" -- Oral history and reminiscences -- Humorous true stories.

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