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Confederate
Girlhoods
A Women’s History of Early Springfield, Missouri
Edited by Craig A. Meyer, with Casey D. White, Adam C. Veile,
and Amber V. Luce
Foreword by Roseann Bentley
“Confederate Girlhoods . . . is a treasure
of historical significance, weaving the oft-told stories of
America’s Civil War and its aftermath into a new pattern:
as seen through the eyes of girls and women who lived through
it. . . . I’m delighted that this record of local women’s
voices has been preserved . . . and collected in this remarkable
and important book.”
—From the Foreword by Roseann Bentley, Associate Commissioner
District 2, Greene County, Missouri
“Confederate Girlhoods makes an important contribution
to the history of Springfield and the state of Missouri, as
well as to gender history and the history of the American
Civil War. The writings of the Campbell-McCammon family are
both entertaining and revealing, and they have been expertly
edited for this volume. This is a pleasure to read.”
—William Garrett Piston, co-author of Portraits
of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil
War
Confederate Girlhoods gathers materials from the
Campbell-McCammon Collection, as preserved in The History
Museum for Springfield-Greene County. One of Springfield,
Missouri’s founding families, the Campbells were prodigious
writers whose memoirs, correspondence, and fiction portray
four generations of pioneer women. Focusing on writings from
1853 to 1902, Confederate Girlhoods presents these women’s
views of Native Americans and early settling; of slavery and
southern patriotism; of war and its social, political, economic
aftermath; of the railroad and Westward migration; of an Ozarks
community’s early efforts at conservation and civic
commemoration.
Craig A. Meyer,
Casey D. White,
Adam C. Veile,
and Amber V. Luce
are graduates of the Missouri State University English Department;
other contributors include Leah M. Wright, Priscilla J. Wilson,
Liam Watts, Elspeth S. Rowley, Daniel R. Newell, Robert Neumann,
Cynthia Moore, Annabeth R. Minx, Justin C. Kingery, Joan Hampton-Porter,
D. Gilson, L. L. Fronterhouse, Sarah A. Detzel, Janell M.
Haynes, John P. Campbell, Jacqueline Bonsee, and James S.
Baumlin.
November
6 x 9, 360 pages, 48 early photographs
$24.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-913785-10-2
Distributed for Moon City Press.
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