The Children's Civil WarUniv of North Carolina Press, 2000 M10 1 - 380 pages Children_white and black, northern and southern_endured a vast and varied range of experiences during the Civil War. Children celebrated victories and mourned defeats, tightened their belts and widened their responsibilities, took part in patriotic displa |
Contents
War Aint Nuthin but Hell on Dis Earth Children Society and War | 6 |
Fighting against Wrong and for the Good the True and the Beautiful The War in Children s Literature and Schoolbooks | 31 |
When I Come Home Again I Wont Go Away Any More Fathers Brothers and Children | 68 |
We Lived Years in As Many Days The War Comes to Children | 101 |
Rabid Partisans among Their Playmates Children Respond to the Civil War | 148 |
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