Children for the Union : The War Spirit on the Northern Home Front by James ...

Children for the UnionThe War Spirit on the Northern Home Front\nAuthor(s): James A. Marten\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc, United States\nImprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc\nISBN-13: 9781566635639, 978-1566635639\nSynopsis\nThe Civil War influenced virtually every aspect of children's lives, and in turn they eagerly incorporated the experience of war into their daily assumptions and activities. In this new contribution to the American Childhoods series, James A. Marten places the experiences of children living in the North during the Civil War into the larger contexts of economic, political, and cultural developments during the nineteenth century. On the home front, children became almost full-fledged members of their communities in their support of the war effort. They left school to replace absent men on farms and in factories, helped raise funds for hospitals and other soldiers' causes, and volunteered to knit socks, pick lint, and perform other necessary duties. Even as fam.