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A generation at war : the Civil War era in a northern community, Nicole Etcheson
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- Summary
- For all that has been written about the Civil War's impact on the urban northeast and southern home fronts, we have until now lacked a detailed picture of how it affected specific communities in the Union's Midwestern heartland. In this book the author offers a deeply researched micro history of one such community, Putnam County, Indiana, from the Compromise of 1850 to the end of Reconstruction, and shows how its citizens responded to and were affected by the war. Delving into the everyday life of a small town in one of the nineteenth century's bellwether states, this work considers the Civil War within a much broader chronological context than other accounts. It ranges across three decades to show how the issues of the day, particularly race and sectionalism, temporarily displaced economic and temperance concerns, how the racial attitudes of northern whites changed, and how a generation of young men and women coped with the transformative experience of war. The author interrelates a wide range of topics. Through temperance and alcohol she illustrates nativism and class consciousness, while through an account of a murder she probes ethnicity, politics, and gender. She reveals how some women wanted to maintain dependence and how the war gave independence to others, as pensions allowed them to survive without a male provider. And she chronicles the major shift in race relations as the most revolutionary change: blacks had been excluded from Indiana in the 1850s but were invited into Putnam County by 1880. She personalizes all of these issues through human stories, bringing to life people previously ignored by history, whether veterans demanding recognition of their sacrifice, women speaking out against liquor, or Copperheads parading against Republicans. The introduction of race with the North Carolina Exodusters marks a particularly effective lens for seeing how the idealism unleashed by Lincoln's war influenced the North. She also helps us understand how white Southerners tried to reunify the country on the basis of shared white racism. Drawing on personal papers, local newspapers, pension petitions, Exoduster pamphlets, and more, the author demonstrates how microhistory helps give new meaning to larger events. This book opens a new window on the impact of the Civil War on the agrarian North
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 371 pages
- Contents
-
- The murder of Martha Mullinix
- Before the War. A northern party ; Appropriate places ; The excluded race
- The War. The Copperheads ; Their own corner ; Shoulder-strapped negroes
- After the War. Radicals and conservatives ; Pensioners ; Exodusters
- The monument builder
- Isbn
- 9780700617975
- Label
- A generation at war : the Civil War era in a northern community
- Title
- A generation at war
- Title remainder
- the Civil War era in a northern community
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicole Etcheson
- Subject
-
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- History
- Indiana
- Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Indiana -- Putnam County
- Indiana -- Race relations
- 1800-1899
- Putnam County (Ind.) -- Race relations
- Race relations
- Social aspects
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Putnam County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For all that has been written about the Civil War's impact on the urban northeast and southern home fronts, we have until now lacked a detailed picture of how it affected specific communities in the Union's Midwestern heartland. In this book the author offers a deeply researched micro history of one such community, Putnam County, Indiana, from the Compromise of 1850 to the end of Reconstruction, and shows how its citizens responded to and were affected by the war. Delving into the everyday life of a small town in one of the nineteenth century's bellwether states, this work considers the Civil War within a much broader chronological context than other accounts. It ranges across three decades to show how the issues of the day, particularly race and sectionalism, temporarily displaced economic and temperance concerns, how the racial attitudes of northern whites changed, and how a generation of young men and women coped with the transformative experience of war. The author interrelates a wide range of topics. Through temperance and alcohol she illustrates nativism and class consciousness, while through an account of a murder she probes ethnicity, politics, and gender. She reveals how some women wanted to maintain dependence and how the war gave independence to others, as pensions allowed them to survive without a male provider. And she chronicles the major shift in race relations as the most revolutionary change: blacks had been excluded from Indiana in the 1850s but were invited into Putnam County by 1880. She personalizes all of these issues through human stories, bringing to life people previously ignored by history, whether veterans demanding recognition of their sacrifice, women speaking out against liquor, or Copperheads parading against Republicans. The introduction of race with the North Carolina Exodusters marks a particularly effective lens for seeing how the idealism unleashed by Lincoln's war influenced the North. She also helps us understand how white Southerners tried to reunify the country on the basis of shared white racism. Drawing on personal papers, local newspapers, pension petitions, Exoduster pamphlets, and more, the author demonstrates how microhistory helps give new meaning to larger events. This book opens a new window on the impact of the Civil War on the agrarian North
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Etcheson, Nicole
- Dewey number
- 977.2/49
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F532.P9
- LC item number
- E73 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Putnam County (Ind.)
- Indiana
- United States
- Putnam County (Ind.)
- Indiana
- Race relations
- Social aspects
- Indiana
- Indiana
- United States
- Label
- A generation at war : the Civil War era in a northern community, Nicole Etcheson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The murder of Martha Mullinix -- Before the War. A northern party ; Appropriate places ; The excluded race -- The War. The Copperheads ; Their own corner ; Shoulder-strapped negroes -- After the War. Radicals and conservatives ; Pensioners ; Exodusters -- The monument builder
- Control code
- 19344039
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700617975
- Lccn
- 2011022638
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)714731535
- Label
- A generation at war : the Civil War era in a northern community, Nicole Etcheson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The murder of Martha Mullinix -- Before the War. A northern party ; Appropriate places ; The excluded race -- The War. The Copperheads ; Their own corner ; Shoulder-strapped negroes -- After the War. Radicals and conservatives ; Pensioners ; Exodusters -- The monument builder
- Control code
- 19344039
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700617975
- Lccn
- 2011022638
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)714731535
Subject
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- History
- Indiana
- Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Indiana -- Putnam County
- Indiana -- Race relations
- 1800-1899
- Putnam County (Ind.) -- Race relations
- Race relations
- Social aspects
- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Putnam County (Ind.) -- History -- 19th century
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