Such Anxious Hours - Wisconsin Women''s Voices From the Civil War

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.

About the author

Jo Ann Daly Carr is a librarian and director emerita of Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Ann Daly Carr, Jo Ann Daly Carr
• Assisted by: Jo Ann Daly Carr (Editor), Jo Ann Daly Carr (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780299324209
• ISBN: 978-0-299-32420-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography; Wisconsin Studies in Autobiogr
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, USA Mittlerer Westen, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)