North Carolina Civil War Documentary | University of North Carolina Press ~ W. Buck Yearns Jr.

North Carolina Civil War Documentary

W. Buck Yearns Jr.

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/2000
Pages: 381
Subject: History, Reference | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807866504

DESCRIPTION

This collection of primary source material chronicles the Civil War experiences of North Carolinians from the secession crisis to the Confederate surrender at Bennett Place. In contrast to other works on the Civil War, this book focuses not on military events but on the larger issue of the societal costs of such conflicts. Through selections from diaries, newspapers, letters, official records, and other documentary sources, it offers a sober account of the intense human and economic suffering endured by the state and illustrates the complicated political realities of wartime North Carolina.