Such Anxious Hours: Wisconsin Women's Voices from the Civil War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780299324209)

Letters from soldiers to their families often provide prominent narratives of the Civil War. But what about the messages from the women who maintained homes and farmsteads alone, all while providing significant emotional support to their loved ones at the front? The letters and diaries of these eight women echo the ever-growing horrors of the conflict and reveal the stories of the Wisconsin home front. Twenty-one-year-old Emily Quiner sought a way to join the war effort that would feed her heart and mind. Annie Cox wrote to her pro-slavery fiancé to staunchly defend her abolitionist principles. Sisters Susan Brown and Ann Waldo faced the unexpected devastation that each battle brought to families.
In Such Anxious Hours, Jo Ann Daly Carr places this material in historical context, detailing what was happening simultaneously in the nation, state, and local communities. Civil War history enthusiasts will appreciate these enlightening perspectives that demonstrate the variety of experiences in the Midwest during the bloody conflict.

Author: Jo Ann Daly Carr
ISBN-10: 0299324206
ISBN-13: 9780299324209
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d