A Blockaded Family : Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War (2 Revised edition)

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.