confederate states of america

Examines the crucial role food played in the Civil War, describing how the North mobilized its agricultural resources to feed its civilians and soldiers while people in the South were starving, leading to an agricultural divide that is still felt in the twenty-first century.

The journal of a New Jerseyan who went South at the beginning of the Civil War and worked four years in the Confederate States War Department.

Presents the four years of the Civil War as seen by a lady of the Confederacy.

Traces the development of Southern nationalism from its foundations in the Old South through the establishment of the Confederacy and the first years of the Civil War.

Mairhe, who lives in an Irish slum in Washington, D.C., in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family.

A brief biography of the statesman who served as President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Examines the cooking and eating experiences of Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, discussing some of the problems caused by the dwindling food supplies over the course of the war, considering the ingenuity of those charged with keeping the military fed, and including a selection of recipes.

Describes what life was like for people on the home fronts of the Civil War, looking at conditions in the North and the South, as well as the experiences of African-Americans during the conflict.

An account of Confederate naval operations during the Civil War, focusing on the South's ironclads, commerce raiders, torpedoes, and mines, and discussing how the agricultural region with almost no industry was able to build a force that successfully challenged the Union.