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Confederate phoenix : rebel children and their families in South Carolina / Edmund L. Drago.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drago, Edmund L.
- Series:
- Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 13.
- Reconstructing America (Series) ; no. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child soldiers--South Carolina--History--19th century.
- Child soldiers.
- Children--South Carolina--History--19th century.
- Children.
- Teenagers--South Carolina--History--19th century.
- Teenagers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Juvenile.
- United States.
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Juvenile.
- South Carolina.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Children.
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this innovative book, Edmund L. Drago tells the full story of white children and their families in the most militant Southern state, and the state where the Civil War erupted.
- Contents:
- Children as a factor in war strategy
- Boy soldiers and their families
- Childrearing
- "Spilt milk" : three family cameos
- Education and nation building
- "Something for the girls" : marriage customs and girlhood
- "Going up the spout" : converging defeat on the battlefield and home front
- Baptism by fire
- Widows and orphans
- Reconstruction and redemption : the Civil War, part II
- The last phoenix : conflicting legacies, 1890-2007.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-3491-6
- 0-8232-4760-0
- OCLC:
- 801842853
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