CIVIL WAR HIGHLIGHTS HOME FRONT 1861 1865 TIM COOKE A+ Smart Apple Media
4 Home Front Introduction For those not caught up in the fighting life during the Civil War varied greatly For some people in the North life carried on largely as normal in the South the war impacted every aspect of life For many people in the South the war was an immediate experience Most of the fighting took place on Southern territory Southern cities came under direct attack A larger proportion of men were in the army so Southern women had to run farms and plantations as well as looking after families and households As the war went on the Union blockade halted overseas trade The Southern economy was devastated All sorts of commodities were in short supply from agricultural tools to basic foods Life was a struggle to survive In the North some people made huge profits by selling military equipment and supplies Among the working poor of the great Northern cities however wartime conditions This kitchen from just after the war includes a range in the center which was used for cooking as well as heating water
Introduction 5 In this illustration from 1866 a wounded soldier arrives home Family life was greatly affected by the war worsened the tensions that already existed between different ethnic groups And in both the North and the South the war had a great effect on families Many thousands of husbands fathers and sons went to war and thousands of them were killed or wounded In the South in particular there were few families that did not lose at least one person in the war This book Home Front describes how the conflict changed life for those who stayed at home in both the North and the South what they ate what they wore and how they lived It also examines some of the most influential individuals of this crucial time A timeline that runs across the bottom of the pages throughout the book traces the course of the war on the battlefield along with other developments in North America and the rest of the world At the back of the book is a Need to Know feature which will help you relate subjects to your school studies
