Description |
xviii, 493 pages : illustrations, maps. |
Contents |
pt. I, The rising of the people: -- The land of steady habits -- Crisis: 1861 -- Fort Sumter -- Manpower: 1862-1865; -- pt. II, A thousand circling camps: -- Au revoir here or hereafter -- The union forever -- The forgotten war -- "Only the officers got licked" -- Iron nutmegs; -- pt. III, Home front: the human resource: -- "Why do we fight?" -- Disloyal opposition -- The folks at home; -- pt. IV, Home front: the material resource: -- Mousetraps to muskets -- Textiles in wartime: woolens, cottons, and silks -- Shipping and railroads, 1861-1865 -- Financing the war effort; -- pt. V, Conclusion: the problems of peace: -- Readjustment. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Subject |
Connecticut -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Connecticut.
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