The Pennsylvania Wilds and the Civil War
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Charleston, SC :
The History Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- part I. Prelude to Civil War: The Wilds coming of age ; The Missouri Compromise, the Dred Scott Decision and the Fugitive Slave Act ; Abolitionists ; Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads) ; "The war commenced"
- part II. What would I have done?: The Bucktrail Regiment ; The draft ; Women in the war
- part III. North Star way : the Underground Railroad: Underground stations in the Wilds
- part IV. Impact of the war on families in the Wilds: Letters from soldiers ; When Johnny comes marching home again : an earlier generation of baby boomers ; The homefront ; Soldiers' orphan schools ; Civil War death toll and post-traumatic stress disorder
- part V. Not to be forgotten: Fact or fiction? : the lost Civil War gold shipment ; John Wilkes Booth, Pennsylvania oilman ; Ely Parker, a Seneca Indian
- part VI. Old-time recipes: Kate Maria Hyde Hall and the "Ridgway cook book"
- Conclusion.
