CONNECTICUT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Slavery, Sacrifice, & Survival

The arc of the war is traced through the many facets and stories of battlefield, home front, and factory. Reveals the varied attitudes toward slavery and race before, during, and after the war; Connecticut's reaction to the firing on Fort Sumter; the dissent in the state over whether or not the sword and musket should be raised against the South, and more. Well illus.