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Author McClurken, Jeffrey W., 1973-

Title Take care of the living : reconstructing Confederate veteran families in Virginia / Jeffrey W. McClurken.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A nation divided
Nation divided.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The war comes, 1860-1865 -- Loss and reconstruction: the impact of the Civil War on veteran families and their postwar rebuilding -- Local support from Baptist churches -- Appeals for local elite assistance: the case of William T. Sutherlin -- Veteran families, mental illness, and the state: dealing with the "blue devils" -- State aid for veteran families: artificial limbs, commutations, pensions, and confederate homes.
Summary Using letters, diaries, church minutes, and military and state records, as well as close analysis of the entire 1860 and 1870 Pittsylvania County manuscript population census, McClurken explores the consequences of the war for over three thousand Confederate soldiers and their families. --from publisher description.
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Subject American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
Virginia -- Pittsylvania County.
Veterans' families -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County -- History -- 19th century.
Veterans' families.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia -- Danville.
Virginia -- Danville.
Veterans' families -- Virginia -- Danville -- History -- 19th century.
Veterans -- Virginia -- Pittsylvania County -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Veterans.
Social conditions.
Veterans -- Virginia -- Danville -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Pittsylvania County (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Danville (Va.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: McClurken, Jeffrey W., 1973- Take care of the living. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009 9780813928135 (DLC) 2008048718 (OCoLC)271105560
ISBN 9780813928197 (electronic book)
0813928192 (electronic book)
9780813928135
0813928133