While soldiers were off fighting on the fields of war, civilians on
the home front fought their own daily struggles, sometimes removed
from the violence but often enough from deep within the maelstrom
of conflict. Chapters provide readers with an excellent, detailed
description of how women, children, slaves, and Native Americans
coped with privation and looming threat, and how they often used,
or tried to use, periods of turmoil to their own advantage. While
it is the soldiers who are often remembered for their strength,
honor, and courage, it is the civilians who keep life going during
wartime. This volume presents the lives of these brave citizens
during the early colonial era, the American Revolution, the War of
1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. This volume begins with
Armstrong Starkey's detailed description of wartime life during the
American Colonial era, beginning with the Jamestown, VA settlement
of 1607. Among his discussions of civilian lives during the Pequot
War, King Philip's War, and the Seven Years' War, Starkey also
examines Native American attitudes regarding war, Puritan lives,
and Salem witchcraft and its connection to war. Wayne E. Lee
continues with his chapter on the American Revolution,
investigating how difficult it was for civilians to choose sides,
including a telling look at soldier recruitment strategies. He also
surveys how inflation and shortages adversely affected civilians,
in addition to disease, women's roles, slaves, and Native Americans
as civilians. Richard V. Barbuto discusses the War of 1812, taking
a close look at life on the ever-expanding frontier, rural homes
and families, and jobs and education in city life. Gregory S.
Hospodorobserves American life during the Mexican War, examining
how that conflict amplified domestic tensions caused by sharply
divided but closely-held beliefs about national expansion and
slavery. Continuing, James Marten looks at southern life in the
South during the Civil War, examining the constant burden of
supporting Confederate armies or coping with invading northern
ones. Paul A. Cimbala concludes this volume with a look at
northerner's lives during the Civil War, offering an outstanding
essay on a home front mobilized for a titanic struggle, and how the
war, no matter how remote, became omnipresent in daily life.
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