This was also true after the American Civil War. In the Carolinas, which suffered the most Confederate casualties, one finds many families of widowed and unmarried women in the 1870 US Census. My decimated family members found work in the new textile mills.
This was also true after the American Civil War. In the Carolinas, which suffered the most Confederate casualties, one finds many families of widowed and unmarried women in the 1870 US Census. My decimated family members found work in the new textile mills.