The Civil War turned the home front into the frontline for many women in the Confederacy. As husbands departed, wives and daughters had to shoulder the full burden of daily life. Hardship and hunger forced changes in long held cultural and societal beliefs, breaking boundaries confining most women, while breaking chains for others.
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Tennessee Civil War 150No Going Back: Women and the War
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The Civil War turned the home front into the frontline for many women in the Confederacy.
Videographers JIM DeMARCO MATT EMIGH PAUL MOJONNIER JOHN PRATT
Audio Post & Sound Effects JOE DELMERICO JOEY HODGE
Violist ANDRA DURHAM
Actors MARIAH MEHUS MAYA TURNER DENICE HICKS MARIN MILLER JACQUELYN WHITE JOE SHEPHERD MARK THOMAS MATTHEW REICH KAUL BLUESTONE JON HUBBLE LESLIE DINELLA VICKI BAILEY ARLO ARNSTON
Land Between the Lakes Reenactors / Staff CINDY EARLS JONATHAN FERRELL CHARLOTTE HUGGINS BRIAN PRATHER JENNIFER ROBERTS DENISE SCHMITTOU
Travelers Rest Reenactors / Staff BRIAN ALLISON REBECCA JORDAN TANYA STAGGS
Senior Engineer DALE BAKER
Artist SUSIE THIEMONGE
Graphics BIZ WOODIE
Web Producer LINDA WEI
Promotions BRIAN O'NEILL JOE PAGETTA
Tennessee still images Courtesy of TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
Thanks to The TSLA Staff: DR. WAYNE MOORE DR. GWYNN THAYER SUSAN GORDON JAMI AWALT JAMES CASTRO
Additional images Courtesy of LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Battlefield re-enactment footage Courtesy of NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Special Thanks to:
DR. RICHARD J. BLACKETT Andrew Jackson Professor of History VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Tennessee Civil War 150 is made possible in part by:
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA,
TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, and FIRST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION
