The Northern Home Front During the Civil War

Paul A. Cimbala (Author) Paul A. Cimbala is Professor Emeritus of History at Fordham University, The Bronx, New York. His published works include Under the Guardianship of the Nation: The Freedmen's Bureau and the Reconstruction of Georgia, 1865-1870 and Veterans North and South: The Transition from Soldier to Civilian after the American Civil War. With Randall M. Miller, he has edited several essay collections dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Randall M. Miller (Author) Randall M. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. He is the author or editor of numerous books on a variety of subjects, including the Civil War, Reconstruction, slavery, religion, and politics. Among his Civil War-related books are, as co-editor, Religion and the American Civil War; The Birth of the Grand Old Party: The Republicans' First Generation; and Women and the American Civil War: North-South Counterpoints.

Preface to the Fordham University Press Edition ix Introduction xv Chapter One: Communities on the Verge of War 1 Chapter Two: The Secession Crisis 13 Chapter Three: Fort Sumter and the Patriotic Response 23 Chapter Four: Rallying to the Colors 33 Chapter Five: Soldiers and Civilians as Neighbors 43 Chapter Six: Incomplete Families 53 Chapter Seven: Pastimes with Purpose 67 Chapter Eight: Knowing War 79 Chapter Nine: Paying for the War 91 Chapter Ten: Producing for the War 105 Chapter Eleven: Politics and Dissent 119 Chapter Twelve: Emancipation, Conscription, and Dissent 133 Chapter Thirteen: Th e Transition from War to Peace 147 Notes 161 Bibliographic Essay 215 Index 231 A photo essay follows p. 118.

. . . Cimbala and Miller have created an exemplary history of the home front told through multiple perspectives, and their in-depth bibliographical essay of books published on the topic provides numerous resources for further exploration.-- "Civil War Book Review" Updated scholarship and an excellent bibliographic essay make the current volume worth the price. . . . In all, a worthwhile purchase, handsomely produced and well written. Summing up: recommended. All academic levels/libraries.-- "Choice, on the first edition" The Northern Home Front During the Civil War would be an excellent book to assign to undergrads in a class on the Northern experience of the war and possibly a Civil War survey.-- "Civil War Book Review, on the first edition" Paul Cimbala and Randall Miller are editors extraordinaire. . . . In this short volume, the authors provide ample evidence of how much the lives Northerners were eager to get on with, as well as the nation they inhabited, were changed. A synthesis of recent scholarship on the war, The Northern Home Front During the Civil War also features original research that highlights how everyday Americans in Northern communities sought to make sense of a war that came into their homes and communities and stayed there too long.-- "Civil War History, on the first edition"