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Southern homefront, 1861-1865

Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life.

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Date of Original
1800/1899

Subject
Southern States--History--19th century
Southern States--Social conditions--19th century
Confederate States of America--Social conditions
Southern States--Economic conditions
Confederate States of America--Economic conditions
Education--Southern States--19th century
Education--Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America--Politics and government
Legislation--Southern States
Legislation--Confederate States of America
Secession--Southern States
Finance--Confederate States of America
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Location
Confederate States of America, 32.376097, -86.299915
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434

Medium
books
broadsides
correspondence
declaratory and advertising artifacts
letters (correspondence)
maps
photographs
texts (document genres)
visual works

Description
Topical access to the collection: (Belles-lettres -- Business and economic affairs -- Confederate official documents -- Currency -- Education -- Home life -- Politics and social issues -- Religion -- Science and medicine -- State official documents) -- Introduction to "The Southern homefront, 1861-1865" -- About the project.
Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life. Includes over four hundred digitized contemporary printed works and manuscripts, accompanied by ca. 1,000 images of currency, manuscript letters, maps, broadsides, title pages, illustrations, and photographs.
Title from project homepage (viewed August 31, 2001).
Includes indexes.
Part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. A sidebar provides access to the main collections access page, about the collection, searching, subject, author, and title indexes.
Full texts in both HTML and SGML formats.
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title.

Metadata URL
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/index.html

Holding Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library