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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Rusty, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2010.
Subjects:
Kentucky Confederate Home > History.
Kentucky Confederate Home
1861-1865
Soldiers' homes > Kentucky > History.
Veterans > Services for > Kentucky > History.
Maisons pour anciens combattants > Kentucky > Histoire.
Anciens combattants > Services > Kentucky > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Soldiers' homes
Veterans
Veterans > Services for
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Biography.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Anciens combattants > Biographies.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Anciens combattants > Biographies.
Kentucky
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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