Union Heartland : The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War [1 ed.] 9780809332656, 9780809332649

The Civil War has historically been viewed somewhat simplistically as a battle between the North and the South. Southern

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Union Heartland : The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War [1 ed.]
9780809332656, 9780809332649

With a new preface and updated historiographical essay. Based on recent scholarship and deep research in primary sources

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With this superbly written, meticulously researched, and concisely argued study, Rogers has helped deepen our understand

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The author of an acclaimed account of the lives of children in the Civil War, Marten here provides a more comprehensive

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New scholarship on World War II continues to broaden our understanding. With each passing year we know more about the tr

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It wasn't only combat that killed during the Civil War! Among white Federalist troops alone, there were 1,213,685

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Desertion during the Civil War, originally published in 1928, remains the only book-length treatment of its subject. Ell

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One of the oldest, strongest, and largest labor organizations in the U.S., the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 4

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Our Mothers' War is an eye-opening and moving portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed

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Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massi

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Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massi

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