
The Poor White Or The Rebel Conscript is a novel written by Emily Clemens Pearson and published in 1864. The book tells the story of a poor white family living in the South during the American Civil War. The main character, Ned Graham, is forced to join the Confederate Army as...


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A conscript's fate. A mother's love. In the shadowed heart of the Confederate South, The Poor White, Or, The Rebel Conscript unfolds a rarely told story of loyalty, poverty, and conscience during the American Civil War. Emily Clemens Pearson's 19th century American novel brings...