Daydreams & nightmares : a Virginia family faces secession and war /

Daydreams & nightmares : a Virginia family faces secession and war /

Daydreams and Nightmares uses the private letters and other records of an Upshur County, Virginia, family to reveal through their own words and experiences how the secession crisis during the winter of 1860-61 and its aftermath affected them. As a member of the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tarter, Brent, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
Berlin, George W., > 1823- > Family.
Berlin, George W., > 1823- > Correspondence.
Families > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Secession > Southern States.
Upshur County (W. Va.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Upshur County (W. Va.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Upshur County (W. Va.) > Biography.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Daydreams
  • Speech
  • Nightmares
  • Secession
  • Separation
  • Reunion
  • Regrets.