The Whartons' War (eBook)

The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863–1865

William C. Davis, Sue Heth Bell (Herausgeber)

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2022
456 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-6771-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton wrote 524 letters, and all survived, unknown until now. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects, these educated and articulate Confederates wrote frankly and perceptively on their Civil War world. Sharing opinions on generals and politicians, the course of the war, the fate of the Confederacy, life at home, and their wavering loyalties, the Whartons explored the shifting gender roles brought on by war, changing relations between slave owners and enslaved people, the challenges of life behind Confederate lines, the pain of familial loss, the definitions of duty and honor, and more. Featuring one of the fullest known sets of correspondence by a high-level officer and his wife, this volume reveals the Whartons' wartime experience from their courtship in the spring of 1863 to June 1865, when Gabriel Wharton swore loyalty to the United States and accepted parole before returning home. William C. Davis and Sue Heth Bell's thoughtful editing guides readers into this world of experience and its ongoing historical relevance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.6.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Civil War America
• Reihe/Serie: Civil War America
• Vorwort: Peter S. Carmichael
• Zusatzinfo: 15 halftones, notes, bibl., index
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Army of Northern Virginia • Battle of Cedar Creek • Battle of Cold harbor • Battle of Fisher's Hill • Battle of New Market • Battle of Waynesboro • Battle of Winchester • Civil War in East Tennessee • Civil War in Southwest Virginia • Civil War in the Shenandoah 1864 • Civil War in West Virginia • Concepts of honor and duty in the Confederacy • Early's Raid on Washington 1864 • Family life in the Confederacy • Gender roles in the Civil War • General Gabriel C. Wharton • Morale in the Confederacy • slaves accompanying the Confederate Army • The Virginia home front in the Civil War • White-Black relations in the Confederacy
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-6771-1 / 1469667711
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-6771-3 / 9781469667713