The Home Front

Understand the broader societal impacts of the American Civil War by exploring non-fiction books focused on the home front. Read insightful historical accounts of wartime economies and civilian resilience in essential works like The Business of Civil War and Yankee Women.

Yankee Women
Yankee Women

By Elizabeth D. Leonard

Pub: 1995

Women in the Civil War
Women in the Civil War

By Mary Elizabeth Massey

Pub: 1994

Mothers of Invention
Mothers of Invention

By Drew Gilpin Faust

Pub: 1996

Daughters of the Union
Daughters of the Union

By Nina Silber

Pub: 2011

Living Hell
Living Hell

By Michael C.C. Adams

Pub: 2014

Copperheads
Copperheads

By Jennifer L. Weber

Pub: 2008

The Business of Civil War
The Business of Civil War

By Mark R. Wilson

Pub: 2010

Bitterly Divided
Bitterly Divided

By David Williams

Pub: 2008

The Armies of the Streets
The Armies of the Streets

By Adrian Cook

Pub: 2014