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Intimate strategies of the Civil War : military commanders and their wives / edited by Carol K. Bleser and Lesley J. Gordon

Catalog Data

Author:
Bleser, Carol K. Rothrock  Search this
Gordon, Lesley J (Lesley Jill)  Search this
Subject:
United States Army  Search this
Confederate States of America Army  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Confederate States of America
Date:
2001
Civil War, 1861-1865
Contents:
The marriage of Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis : a portrait of the President and the First Lady of the Confederacy / Carol K. Bleser -- The Lee marriage / Emory M. Thomas -- "A sweet solace to my lonely heart" : "Stonewall" and Mary Anna Jackson and the Civil War / Sarah E. Gardner -- "Cupid does not readily give way to Mars" : the marriage of LaSalle Corbell and George E. Pickett / Lesley J. Gordon -- "All say they are under petticoat government" : Lizinka Campbell Brown and Richard S. Ewell / Peter S. Carmichael -- The marriage of Amelia Gayle and Josiah Gorgas / Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins -- A marriage tested by war : Ulysses and Julia Grant / John Y. Simon -- General and Mrs. William T. Sherman, a contentious union / John F. Marszalek -- The reconstruction of "home" : the Civil War and the marriage of Lawrence and Fannie Chamberlain / Jennifer Lund Smith -- The Civil War partnership of Elizabeth and George A. Custer / Shirley A. Leckie -- Permutations of a marriage : John Charles and Jessie Benton FreĢmont's Civil War alliance / Pamela Herr -- "A good wife, the best friend in the world" : the marriage of Elizabeth Blair and S. Phillips Lee / Virginia Jeans Laas
Topic:
Generals  Search this
Generals' spouses  Search this
Married people  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_665519