Parthenia Vardaman (later Hague) experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. A Blockaded Family recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during a blockade imposed on the South. The author shows that the Yankees had no monopoly on ingenuity when survival depended upon self-sufficiency. She describes in detail the changes forced by war on farming methods, the daily imperatives of finding enough to eat and making do with substitutes, the manufacture of shoes and clothes on the plantation. A Blockaded Family is memorable for its glimpses of wartime domestic life and of the ways anxious citizens coped as the northern army closed in.
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“Exceptional in its documentation of hardships and substitutions in Alabama during the war years. Provides insight on everything from feather fans to spinning and weaving; recommended by Jefferson Davis.”--Victoria R. Rumble
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A memorable and fascinating glimpse into the Civil War home front.
Parthenia Hague experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. This book recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy. The memoir of Parthenia Hague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self-sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in.
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This book denies many of the popular myths and beliefs about the Civil War south, and is a fascinating and exciting story of life during the war. I recommend this to any serious student of ante-bellum history, as well as to any one studying women's history. It was well written, well edited and thoroughly entertaining.
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This book is a quick read. It was written by a lady so a lot of time was spent discussing how they made clothing. It did provide insight as to how a family and community work together to survive difficult times. It is well worth reading.
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This book was referred to me from an online friend, and I was so glad she did. I am researching handwoven cloth from the civil war era. This book was filled with pages of information of day to day life needs and how the people met this challenge, (from sugar making, spinning, dyeing, weaving cloth, salt, and so much more) during the time the author was living in a state that was blockaded during the civil war. So much information was thrown at me while reading, I just couldn't read it fast enough. I loved it too that the author wrote from her own experiences. A must read for anyone interested in reading about how families made their necessities during this time in our history.
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ON a glorious sunshiny morning in the early summer of 1861 I was on my way to the school-house on the plantation of a gentleman who lived near Eufaula, Alabama, and in whose service I remained during the period of the war. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bolted meal, ground peas, lint cotton, four dresses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Phillis, Mississippi River, Southern States, Uncle Sol New!
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ON a glorious sunshiny morning in the early summer of 1861 I was on my way to the school-house on the plantation of a gentleman who lived near Eufaula, Alabama, and in whose service I remained during the period of the war. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bolted meal, ground peas, lint cotton, four dresses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Phillis, Mississippi River, Southern States, Uncle Sol New!
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- Johnny Reb's War: Battlefield and Homefront by David Williams on page 91, and Back Matter
- Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies) by Drew Gilpin Faust in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Daily Life in Civil War America (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) by Dorothy Denneen Volo on page 236, and Back Matter
- Ersatz in the Confederacy: Shortages and Substitutes on the Southern Homefront (Southern Classics Series) by Mary Elizabeth Massey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Civil War Women: Their Quilts, Their Roles, Activities for Re-Enactors by Barbara Brackman on page 122, and Back Matter
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