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Thinking You Might Like to Know What Was Going on Back Home
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ISBN13: 9781977205773
Publisher: Outskirts Pr
Published: Aug 30 2019
Pages: 660
Weight: 1.91
Height: 1.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thinking you might like to know what was going on back home in Calhoun County, Ala. during the Civil War
- Describes the life and times of the common people in a Southern county from the firing on Fort Sumter to the surrender at the Appomattox Court House, and beyond;
- Uses the local newspaper to take you back to the years 1861 - 1865;
- Tells the untold story of the Southern women during the Civil War;
- Reveals the plight of the African American as a slave and that of a freedman;
- Shows the belief to which the hand of Providence was thought to play in the success of battles, outcome of the war, and destiny of our civilized country;
- Illustrates the change in the South's social system from Antebellum to Reconstruction;
- Shows the role in which the newspaper played in shaping the thoughts and conscientious of the Southern mind;
- Identifies the historical sites and events which occurred in this area during a most turbulent period in our American history;
- Gives accounts and reports of battles from local military commanders, soldiers, and war correspondents;
- Serves as a directory of Who's Who in Calhoun County, Alabama during the Civil War;
- Takes you on the emotional roller coaster ride of the Southern people from the ecstasy of Southern Independence to the utter ruin of their way of life; and
- Provides an understanding as to Why we (the Southern people) are what we are today.
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