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Zusatztext Fascinating vignettes of life in Civil War America. Informationen zum Autor Carol K. Bleser is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at Clemson University and former president of the Southern Historical Association and the Southern Association of Women Historians. Her books include The Hammonds of Redcliffe, Tokens of Affection, Secret and Sacred, and In Joy and In Sorrow. Lesley J. Gordon is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron, and is the author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend. Klappentext Illuminating a frequently neglected but extremely significant side of military history, "Intimate Strategies" is a rare and fascinating look at a critical aspect of Civil War commanders' lives--their marriages. Zusammenfassung The wives of Civil war commanders had widely divergent roles in their marriages before, during, and after the war - some wives changed their roles as their husbands gained prominence. This study brings the field of Women's Studies to Civil War history to show that their were many cultural battles simultaneously occurring on the home front. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Confederate Marriages 1: Carol K. Bleser: The Marriage Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis: A Portrait of the President and the First Lady of Confederacy 2: Emory M. Thomas: The Lee Marriage 3: Sarah Gardner: A Sweet Solace to my Lonely Heart: Stonewall and Mary Anna Jackson and the Civil War 4: Lesley J. Gordon: Cupid does not readily give way to Mars: The Marriage of LaSalle Corbell and George E. Pickett 5: Peter S. Carmichael: All say they are under petticoat government: Lizinka Campbell Brown and Richard S. Ewell 6: Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins.: The Marriage of Amelia Gayle and Josiah Gorgas Part Two: Union Marriages 7: John Y. Simon: A Marriage Tested by War: Ulysses and Julia Grant 8: John F. Marszalek: General and Mrs. William T Sherman, A Contentious Union 9: Jennifer Lund Smith: The Reconstruction of Home: The Civil War and the Marriage of Fannie and Lawrence Chamberlain 10: Shirley A. Leckie: The Civil War Partnership of Elizabeth and George A. Custer 11: Pamela Herr: Permutations of a Marriage: John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont's Civil War Alliance 12: Virginia Jeans Laas: A Good Wife, the Best Friend in the World: The Marriage of Elizabeth Blair and S. Phillips Lee ...
