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A Shift In Sentiment | Walter Edgar's Journal

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A Shift In Sentiment | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 1

In this first segment, Dr. Melissa Walker discusses the increasing civilian distaste for the war, as observed in letters written to soldiers out in the field. Dr. Walker also notes how civilians...

Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 4 The Refugee Crisis | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Refugee Crisis | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 2

The Up Country faced a refugee crisis near the end of the war. People fled from the coast to escape the war, and Dr. Walker discusses how difficult it was to provide provisions and assets for them.

Civilians Provide For The Cause | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 7 Casualty Lists | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Casualty Lists | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 3

Walter Edgar discusses with Dr. Melissa Walker about the sad reality of casualty lists, read daily to the townsfolk by a clergyman.

The Refugee Crisis | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 2 Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 4

In this segment, Dr. Walker discusses how in the Up Country, attitudes were more relaxed regarding teaching slaves how to read and write.

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Relief From Income Taxes And The Tithe | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 5

Walter Edgar and Dr. Walker analyze how civilians developed solutions for relief in wake of the Confederate government’s imposed income tax, and a law known as “The Tithe.”

Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 4 Women's Increasing Resentment Toward The North | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Women's Increasing Resentment Toward The North | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 6

Dr. Walker talks about how women in the South were growing increasingly resentful and frustrated with the North in 1864.

Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 4 Civilians Provide For The Cause | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Civilians Provide For The Cause | Walter Edgar's Journal

Episode 7

Civilians back home figure out ways to raise money and provide relief for not only themselves, but for the troops as well.

Educating The Slaves | Walter Edgar's Journal
- Episode 4 Conversations On The Civil War - 1864: Plain Folk On The Homefront (Full Version)

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Conversations On The Civil War - 1864: Plain Folk On The Homefront (Full Version)

Episode 9

Dr. Melissa Walker is the author of numerous books on the Civil War and is co-editor of Upcountry South Carolina Goes to War (USC Press, 2011). She will talk with Dr. Edgar about the role of “plain...

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