Intimate strategies of the Civil War : military commanders and their wives

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

Other author/creator	Bleser, Carol K. Rothrock.
Other author/creator	Gordon, Lesley J. (Lesley Jill)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description	xxiii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	United States. Army--Biography. Confederate States of America. Army--Biography. United States. Army--Biography. Confederate States of America. Army--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--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Biography. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Biography.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-289) and index.
LCCN	2001036064
ISBN	0195115090

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E467 .I58 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold