A memorable and fascinating glimpse into the Civil War home front. Parthenia Hague experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. This book recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy. The memoir of Parthenia Hague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self-sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in.
| ISBN: | 9780817352752 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2005 |
| Author: | Parthenia Antoinette Hague |
| Publisher: | The University of Alabama Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
Civil wars Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare) History of the Americas True stories: general History |