The Price of Patriotism: Indiana County, Pennsylvania and the Civil War - Hardcover

Using Indiana County, Pennsylvania as a representative Northern rural community forever changed by the experiences of the war, the author reveals much about the social and economic conditions of a community caught up in a national struggle. Using family letters to and from the soldiers, he portrays the sacrifices and difficulties faced by wives, mothers, sisters, brothers and other family members. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.