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A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History

by Stephen V. Ash

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Four lives in a year of upheaval

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Four lives in a year of upheaval

Stephen V. Ash’s account is organized around four people in the South during 1865: a person seeking freedom from slavery, a widow facing poverty, a minister contending with spiritual and worldly difficulties, and a former Confederate soldier trying to begin again. Their distinct circumstances provide a ground-level view of a year in which the Civil War’s end coincided with emancipation and the start of Reconstruction. By tracing daily life across January to December, the book connects sweeping political change with the pressures and choices experienced by individuals.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Civil War and Reconstruction history told through individual lives.
  • Readers seeking historical biography focused on the South and the transition from slavery to emancipation.
  • Readers interested in how war and political upheaval affected people in differing circumstances.

Themes

Civil War and ReconstructionEmancipation and freedomPoverty and survivalFaith and worldly hardshipLife amid political upheaval

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Book overview

A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation.
Between January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history.
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