Marten, James Alan

Examines the roles children played in the North during the American Civil War and explores how they helped on farms and in factories, raised funds for war-related needs, and volunteered for a host of other duties including serving as drummer boys and aides.

Provides a comprehensive home-front history of daily life behind the front lines during the American Civil War and uses the lives of individuals structured around the histories of events and instutitions in the North and South. This book is organized around five broad themes: the northern home front, the southern home front, children, African Americans, and the war's aftermath.

Reprints diary excerpts, letters, journal entries, and newspaper articles that bring to life the voices of men, women, and children of all ages and races who experienced the Civil War.

A collection of stories by American authors set during the Civil War which reveal the conflict's effects on children of differing viewpoints, ages, genders, races, and locations. Brief introductions place each story in literary context and explain the author's connection to the war.