02640nam 2200577 a 450 991078098010332120200520144314.00-8078-9907-0(CKB)2520000000007759(EBL)475209(OCoLC)550640927(SSID)ssj0000336809(PQKBManifestationID)12117254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336809(PQKBWorkID)10288221(PQKB)10898618(Au-PeEL)EBL475209(CaPaEBR)ebr10351521(CaONFJC)MIL930089(MiAaPQ)EBC475209(EXLCZ)99252000000000775920050413d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe divided family in Civil War America[electronic resource] /Amy Murrell TaylorChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20051 online resource (336 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-6186-3 0-8078-2969-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-307) and index.Union father, rebel son -- Marriage and courtship -- Brothers and sisters -- Border crossing and the treason of family ties -- Border dramas and the divided family in the popular imagination -- Reconciliations lived and imagined -- Reconciliation and emancipation.The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting ""brother against brother."" The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of America's bloodiest war. Connecting the metaphor to the real experiences of families whose households were split by conflicting opinions about the war, Amy Murrell Taylor provides a social and cultural history of the divided family in Civil War America. In hundreds of border state households, brothers--and sisters--really did fight one another, while fathers and sons argued over secession anCivil War America.FamiliesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsUnited StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865FamiliesHistory973.7/1Taylor Amy Murrell1473517MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780980103321The divided family in Civil War America3686713UNINA