Widows by the Thousand - The Civil War Letters of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864

Zusammenfassung Presents a collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War. This book provides an intimate! firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry! a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as Walker's Greyhounds. Informationen zum Autor M. Jane Johansson is an assistant professor of history at Rogers State University. She is the author of Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th Texas Calvary! 1862-1865 (University of Arkansas Press)! winner of the Ottis Lock Award for the Best Book on East Texas History! and a co-editor of two volumes of The Papers of Will Rogers. Klappentext This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate! firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry! a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as aWalkeras Greyhounds.a His letters describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of important events! including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862a63! the attempt to relieve the siege of Vicksburg! mutiny in his regiment! and the Red River campaign! just before he was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Harrietas writings allow the reader to witness the everyday life of an upper-class woman enduring home front deprivations! facing the hardships and fears of childbearing and childrearing alone! and coping with other challenges resulting from her husbandas absence.

Product details

• Authors: M Jane Johansson, M. Jane Johansson, M. Jane (EDT) Johansson, Harriet Perry, Theophilus Perry
• Assisted by: M. Jane Johansson (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2007
• EAN: 9781557288417
• ISBN: 978-1-55728-841-7
• No. of pages: 333
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Civil War in the West; The Civil War in the West
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration