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Children for the Union - The War Spirit on the Northern Home Front (Hardcover)
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Children for the Union - The War Spirit on the Northern Home Front (Hardcover)
Series: American Childhoods Series
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The Civil War influenced virtually every aspect of children's
lives, and in turn they eagerly incorporated the experience of war
into their daily assumptions and activities. In this new
contribution to the American Childhoods series, James A. Marten
places the experiences of children living in the North during the
Civil War into the larger contexts of economic, political, and
cultural developments during the nineteenth century. On the home
front, children became almost full-fledged members of their
communities in their support of the war effort. They left school to
replace absent men on farms and in factories, helped raise funds
for hospitals and other soldiers' causes, and volunteered to knit
socks, pick lint, and perform other necessary duties. Even as
families were torn apart by the war, Mr. Marten notes, family ties
grew stronger as Union soldiers filled their letters with love and
advice for their children. He shows how the war brought writers for
children to challenge the pacifism reflected in antebellum
literature and instead to promote controversial political
viewpoints such as abolitionism and to support the Union's military
action. Indeed, Northern children's lives were militarized as never
before, from the toys and games and stories that were overwhelmed
by images of warfare and pro-Union ideals to actual military
service by under-age soldiers and drummer boys. Both heroes and
casualties, drummer boys in fact became potent symbols of the
Northern war effort and the subject of countless poems and
articles, at least temporarily altering perceptions of proper roles
for children and youth in American society. As adults looking back,
Northern children saw the war as a great adventure or a turning
point in their lives. Some mourned lost fathers or relatives;
others mourned lost childhoods. Children for the Union opens a new
window on the impact of the war and shows that the youngest
Americans were inevitable and enthusiastic participants in the
nation's worst crisis. Abundantly illustrated.
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