Citizens/Soldiers

What Was it Like to Live During the War

Life as a Soldier

 It has been said that life as a soldier is 90% boredom and 10% violence.  Click the links below to find out what life as a soldier during the War of the Confederacy was like.

Life as a Soldier

How Civil War Soldiers Lived

North Carolina Museum of History

North Carolina Digital History

Documentary

Below is a 3 part YouTube video documenting the life of a soldier during the War Between the States.  When the clip ends, click on the red bar that appears to view the next segment.

Life on the Homefront

The Civil War affected people who were still at home, many miles away from the fighting. Below are some links to find out more about life on the home front.

First Hand Accounts


Hard Times

Ehow with Links to Other Sites

Civil War Videos

Check out this video from your local library to see more about the Civil War.

Indian warriors : the untold story of the Civil War

Indian Warriors:The Untold Story of the Civil War

ISBN: 978-0-7670-9794-9

 

Pink and Say

Pink and Say

OCLC Number: 36414083

Books on People & Life

LOCATED IN OUR LIBRARY
973.7 Cod
Faces of the Civil War An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories
by Ronald S. Coddington
ISBN: 0-8018-7876-4 

 

Lucius Fairchild: Civil War Hero

LOCATED IN OUR LIBRARY
977.5 Sto
Lucius Fairchild- Civil War Hero
by Stuart Stotts
ISBN: 978-0-87020-460-9

 
 
The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy
by Bell Irwin Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-8071-3325-5

Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Early America: From the Colonial Era to the Civil War (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Daily Lives of Civilians during Wartime)

 
Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Early America
by David S. Heidler
ISBN: 978-0-3133-3526-6