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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bleser, Carol K. Rothrock, Gordon, Lesley J. (Lesley Jill)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography. Generals > United States > Biography. Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography. Generals' spouses > United States > Biography. Generals' spouses > Confederate States of America > Biography. Married people > United States > Biography. Married people > Confederate States of America > Biography. United States. > Army > Biography. Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.

Table of 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 Frémont'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.

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