Household War restores the centrality of households to the American
Civil War. The essays in the volume complicate the standard
distinctions between battlefront and homefront, soldier and
civilian, and men and women. From this vantage point, they look at
the interplay of family and politics, studying the ways in which
the Civil War shaped and was shaped by the American household. They
explore how households influenced Confederate and Union military
strategy, the motivations of soldiers and civilians, and the
occupation of captured cities, as well as the experiences of Native
Americans, women, children, freedpeople, injured veterans, and
others. The result is a unique and much needed approach to the
study of the Civil War. Household War demonstrates that the Civil
War can be understood as a revolutionary moment in the
transformation of the household order. The original essays by
distinguished historians provide an inclusive examination of how
the war flowed from, required, and resulted in the restructuring of
the nineteenth-century household. Contributors explore notions of
the household before, during, and after the war, unpacking subjects
such as home, family, quarrels, domestic service and slavery,
manhood, the Klan, prisoners and escaped prisoners, Native
Americans, grief, and manhood. The essays further show how
households redefined and reordered themselves as a result of the
changes stemming from the Civil War.
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