Elite Confederate Women in the American Civil War - 9781138916159

Taylor & Francis

Elite Confederate Women in the American Civil WarLived Experiences in the Nineteenth Century\nAuthor(s): Kristen Brill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138916159, 978-1138916159\nSynopsis\nElite Confederate Women in the American Civil War is a wide-ranging primary source collection that offers a compelling selection of upper-class, white Confederate womens voices from archives across the South. From the prison diary of Mary Terry to Elizabeth Baker Croziers eyewitness account of the siege of Knoxville, this volume introduces lesser-known voices of the war to show the interconnections between the home front and the front lines, and how the war shaped the lives of women and households across the South. This collection challenges students to engage with the role of first-person narratives in history and to reconsider the roles of southern women in the Civil War. Exploring the themes of slavery, nationalism, secessi.