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My old Confederate home : a respectable place for Civil War veterans /

In the wake of America's Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men who fought for the Confederacy trudged back to their homes in the Southland. Some-due to lingering effects from war wounds, other disabilities, or the horrors of combat-were unable to care for themselves. Homeless, disabled, and d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Rusty, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The cripple and the banker
  • The private and the clubwoman
  • The boat captain and the bank robber
  • The auditor and the stockman
  • The governor and the prisoner
  • The druggist and the sheriff
  • The general's sister and the stockman's wife
  • The knight and the icemaker
  • The railroad man and the barber
  • The socialite and the editor
  • The fiddlers and the Indian agent
  • The farmer and the daughter
  • The trainer and the undertaker
  • The reverend and the rector
  • The engineer and the little girl.