Jay Rothermel’s Reviews > Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams During the Civil War > Status Update

That so many Americans recorded their dreams reveals how significant dreams were to members of that society. Soldiers and civilians often looked to dreamed knowledge for warning, guidance, inspiration, or selfreflection. But dreams did not only influence individual dreamers. During such an intense national upheaval, Northerners and Southerners alike also found shared meaning, solace, and comfort
for their suffering