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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464394903321

Autore

Drago Edmund L

Titolo

Confederate phoenix [[electronic resource] ] : rebel children and their families in South Carolina / / Edmund L. Drago

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8232-3491-6

0-8232-4760-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Reconstructing America (Series) ; ; no. 13

Disciplina

973.7083

Soggetti

Child soldiers - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Children - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Teenagers - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Juvenile

South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Juvenile

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Children

South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Children as a factor in war strategy -- Boy soldiers and their families -- Childrearing -- "Spilt milk" : three family cameos -- Education and nation building -- "Something for the girls" : marriage customs and girlhood -- "Going up the spout" : converging defeat on the battlefield and home front -- Baptism by fire -- Widows and orphans -- Reconstruction and redemption : the Civil War, part II -- The last phoenix : conflicting legacies, 1890-2007.

Sommario/riassunto

In this innovative book, Edmund L. Drago tells the full story of white children and their families in the most militant Southern state, and the state where the Civil War erupted.