Home Front: 1861-1865

Civil War Highlights uses a revealing and informative timeline format to explore all aspects of the conflict that tore the United States apart between 1861 and 1865.

Home Front examines all aspects of life away from the battlefield. The war impacted all Americans, even those who were not directly involved in the fighting Civilians in the South were so hungry that they rioted for food. Although life in the North in many ways remained normal, even there the absence of men who were away fightin...