Michelle Kirby's List: Children of the Confederacy

• Many children in both sections also mentioned "picking" or "scraping" lint (which would be used to bandage wounds) and participating in other aspects of the home front war effort. Teenage boys (and, in the South, girls) found work in ammunition factories and government offices; younger children raised money, collected food and supplies, and in many other ways supported local regiments and hospitals
• Southern children could also attend panoramas and plays
• Families who lived in the path of invading armies often went hungry
• At least a few children were hurt or killed during the sieges of cities such as Vicksburg, Atlanta, and Petersburg.

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