There were economic hardships (poverty), finical hardships, personal losses and the loneliness endured by women, children.
Explanation:
Families in the south faced poverty and starvation as the supply of food dwindled during the war. They faced economic hardships due to irregular income and the inflation for the cost of goods. The personal losses of he families loved ones was felt all over. Women and children had to start working to provide for their families as the income from the Army stopped when their spouse died.
I'm literally learning this now in APUSH. In 1914 which is the era of the gilded age people were dependent on railroads and oil. Thanks to help from Carnegie (and the other 4 men) (around 1914) and steel, the US economy rose back from its divided chaos.
