“A richly researched study of the war’s impact on children in the heart of the Confederacy.” —Steven Mintz, University of Houston, author of Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood

“Confederate Phoenix provides a realistic, unvarnished, and dramatic view of the South Carolina experience during the Civil War. Written in clear, supple prose, this book contains exceptionally rich material on childhood and the War’s impact on all civilians. It is a must-read for all historians of the family and the War in the South.”
—Joan Cashin, The Ohio State University

“Edmund Drago explores in impressive detail the experiences of the children and youth of South Carolina and their families during the Civil War. . . . Like the best histories of children and youth, Confederate Phoenix transcends the Confederate battlefield and home front by following the child participants in South Carolina’s greatest crisis into their adult lives.”—James Marten, Marquette University

"Explores the impact of war and defeat on white children in what was considered the most militant Confederate state."—The Chronicle of Higher Education