Description: Emblematic of the fates of many Southern families, the experiences of these representative South Carolinians are dramatically illustrated in their letters from the eve of the Civil War through its conclusion.
Review Quotes:
These poignant letters offer keen insight into the values and concerns of three prominent upcountry families in the years before, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. Bolstered by a valuable introduction from Walker and Craig, the letters reveal a common focus on kinship, faith, farming, education, and the whereabouts and wellbeing of family and friends at war. Readers cannot help but become immersed in the lives of these mid-nineteenth-century Southerners as represented in this gem of a collection of letters. Upcountry South Carolina Goes to War will appeal to anyone interested in the social, economic, and military history of the nineteenth-century South.
--Courtney L. Tollison, historian, Upcountry History Museum