A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War

Recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy 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. Read more