The World of the Civil War

Covering everything from the arts to food and drink, religion, social customs, and technology, this two-volume set provides an in-depth, accessible look at the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of the American Civil War. The American Civil War caused dramatic changes in every aspect of life and society, affecting combatants and noncombatants at all levels of the socioeconomic scale. The World of the Civil War: A Daily Life Encyclopedia offers an accessible and reliable reference for the major topics that defined American life during the nation's most tumultuous era. Taking a blended approach to history, this book covers the military and political history of the era and examines the social and human experiences of the war, thereby offering a comprehensive look at the Civil War era's most significant events, people, places, and experiences. The thematic organization of this encyclopedia helps readers to more readily explore related topics. The subject matter explored in some 250 entries includes religious beliefs and practices; rites of passage; soldiers' lives and experiences; rural and urban life; social structure of the Civil War era-aristocrats, landowners, and slaves; men's and women's roles and responsibilities; holidays, festivals, and other celebrations; tools, machinery, and inventions; and justice and punishment. Readers will come away with an understanding of many aspects of daily life during the Civil War era and gain appreciation for the vast differences between life today and 150 years ago.

Lisa Tendrich Frank, PhD, is an independent scholar who has written and edited several books and articles related to the history of the American Civil War and American military history.

VOLUME 1
Preface,
Introduction,
Chronology,
Arts,
Introduction,
Art,
"Battle Hymn of the Republic",
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896),
Dance,
Diary Writing,
"Dixie",
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895),
Flags, Confederate,
Flags, United States,
Harper's Weekly,
Letter Writing,
Literature, Northern,
Literature, Southern,
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice (1864),
Music, Military,
Music, Nonmilitary,
Newspapers, Northern,
Newspapers, Southern,
Photography,
Poetry,
Portraiture,
Quilts,
Serial Novels,
Slave Narratives,
Theater,
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852),
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892),
Clothing, Fashion, and Appearance,
Introduction,
Children's Dress, Confederate,
Children's Dress, Union,
Clothing, Status and Position,
Clothing, Style and Function,
Dress, Slaves,
Fashion,
Godey's Lady's Book,
Homespun,
Hoop Skirts,
Jewelry,
Men's Dress, Confederate Civilian,
Men's Dress, Union Civilian,
Mourning Clothes,
Personal Hygiene,
Sewing Societies,
Shortages, Clothing,
Textiles,
Undergarments,
Uniforms, Confederate,
Uniforms, Union,
Women's Dress, Confederate,
Women's Dress, Union,
Economy and Work,
Introduction,
Agriculture,
Artisans,
Camp Followers,
Cattle Industry,
Factory Owners,
Factory Workers, Northern,
Factory Workers, Southern,
Government Girls,
Impressment,
Landowners,
Munitions Factories,
Plantations,
Poverty,
Prostitutes,
Rural Life, Northern,
Rural Life, Southern,
Slaveholders,
Slavery,
Springfield Armory,
Sutlers,
Treasury Girls,
Tredegar Iron Works,
Urban Life, Northern,
Urban Life, Southern,
Wartime Reconstruction,
Family Life and Gender Roles,
Introduction,
Aid Societies,
Childbirth,
Childhood and Adolescence, Northern,
Childhood and Adolescence, Southern,
Courtship and Marriage,
Cult of Domesticity,
Death, Civilian,
Divorce,
Free Blacks,
Honor,
Hospitals, Visitors to,
Household Entertainment,
Immigrants,
Manhood, Northern,
Manhood, Southern,
Midwifery,
Motherhood,
Patriarchy,
Slave Families,
United States Sanitary Commission (USSC),
Widows, Confederate,
Widows, Union,
Womanhood, Northern,
Womanhood, Southern,
Woman Order (General Order 28),
Young Men,
Young Women,
Food and Drink,
Introduction,
Coffee,
Cookbooks and Recipes,
Food, African Americans,
Food, Native Americans,
Food, Northern,
Food, Shortages,
Food, Soldiers,
Food, Southern,
Food, Upper Classes,
Food Riots,
Foraging,
Gardens,
Hardtack,
Hunting,
Kitchens,
Mealtime Etiquette,
Moonshine,
Salt,
Spirits,
Substitutes, Food and Drink,
Taverns,
Tea,
Tobacco,
VOLUME 2
Housing and Community,
Introduction,
Architecture, Northern,
Architecture, Southern,
Boarding Houses,
Cemeteries,
Destruction of Homes and Personal Property,
Factory Towns,
Hotels and Inns,
Nationalism, Confederate,
Nationalism, United States,
Plantation Houses,
Prisons,
Refugees,
Row Houses and Tenements,
Sieges,
Slave Life,
Slave Quarters,
Universities and Colleges,
Voting,
Politics and Warfare,
Introduction,
Abolitionists,
Bleeding Kansas,
Blockades,
Bombardments,
Camp Life,
Casualties,
Confederate Sympathizers, Northern,
Contrabands,
Desertion,
Draft Riots and Resistance,
Elections,
Emancipation,
Enlistment,
Espionage,
Female Combatants,
54th Massachusetts Infantry,
Freedmen's Bureau,
Guerrilla Warfare,
Morale,
Prisoners of War,
Rape and Sexual Assault,
Secession,
Surrender, Confederate,
Unionists, Southern,
Wartime Prisons,
Recreation and Social Customs,
Introduction,
Baseball,
Concerts,
Dances and Balls,
Etiquette, Advice Manuals,
Etiquette, Rural Manners,
Etiquette, Urban Manners,
Fairs and Bazaars,
Fishing,
Fourth of July,
Gambling,
Holidays,
Hospitality,
Leisure Time,
Military Drills,
Parlors,
Political Speeches,
Sanitary Fairs,
Sport Hunting,
Sports,
Thanksgiving,
Theatrical Productions,
Religion and Belief,
Introduction,
Afterlife,
Burial,
Catholicism,
Clergy,
Death,
Eulogies,
Evangelicalism,
Fast Days,
Judaism,
Lost Cause,
Methodism,
Mormonism,
Mourning,
Native American Religions,
Presbyterianism,
Quakerism,
Reformers,
Religious Institutions, Wartime,
Religious Revivals,
Religious Services, Military Camps,
Religious Social Services, Home Front,
Rituals,
Sermons,
Traveling Preachers,
Unitarianism,
United States Christian Commission (USCC),
Science and Technology,
Introduction,
Cooking Techniques,
Disease,
Education, Northern,
Education, Southern,
Factories,
Firearms,
Hospitals,
Inventions,
Medicine, Practice of,
Minié Ball,
Nursing,
Railroads,
Sanitation,
Steamboats,
Telegraph,
Time,
Transportation,
Transportation, Medical,
Weapons,
Wounds, Treatment of,
Primary Documents,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly (1852),
Confederate Soldier Elisha Franklin Paxton's Letters Home (1861),
Frederick Douglass Criticizes the United States Government for Its Refusal to Enlist Black Men as Soldiers (1861),
A Northern Paper Discusses Rumors of Southern "Atrocities of the Rebellion" (1862),
An Account of Indian Involvement in the Union War Effort (1862),
A Confederate Woman Held at the Old Capitol Prison Describes Her Imprisonment (1862),
New York Celebrates the Capture of a Confederate Ship by the Slave Robert Smalls (1862),
Call for Contributions by the Women's Pennsylvania Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission (March 1863),
Southern Bread Riots (1863),
A Letter from the Mother of a Black Union Soldier to President Abraham Lincoln (1863),
A Reporter's View of the New York City Draft Riots (1863),
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice by Augusta Jane Evans (1864),
Charlotte Forten, "Life on the Sea Islands" (1864),
Poet Walt Whitman's Tribute to Slain President Abraham Lincoln: "O Captain! My Captain!" (1865),
Former Slave Hannah Austin Recalls Slavery and the War (April 8, 1937),
Selected Bibliography,
Editor and Contributors,
Index,