Book contents
- From Hometown to Battlefield in the Civil War Era
- From Hometown to Battlefield in the Civil War Era
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Book part
- Glossary
- Prologue
- Part I Hometown
- Part II Battlefield
- 5 “It Is All The Talk In Town”
- 6 “Almost Sacred and Hallowed” Ground
- 7 “The Boys of 61”
- 8 “The ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ Man”
- 9 “Civil War in our Midst”
- Epilogue “Scattering to the Four Ends of the Earth”
- Index
5 - “It Is All The Talk In Town”
The Booster Ethos and Struggle for Main Street, 1860–1861
from Part II - Battlefield
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2016
- From Hometown to Battlefield in the Civil War Era
- From Hometown to Battlefield in the Civil War Era
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Book part
- Glossary
- Prologue
- Part I Hometown
- Part II Battlefield
- 5 “It Is All The Talk In Town”
- 6 “Almost Sacred and Hallowed” Ground
- 7 “The Boys of 61”
- 8 “The ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ Man”
- 9 “Civil War in our Midst”
- Epilogue “Scattering to the Four Ends of the Earth”
- Index
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- From Hometown to Battlefield in the Civil War EraMiddle Class Life in Midwest America, pp. 181 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016