Title The Whartons' war : the Civil War correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863-1865 / edited by William C. Davis and Sue Heth Bell ; foreword by Peter C. Carmichael

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) Series Civil War America Civil War America (Series) Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-427) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, 1824-1906 -- Correspondence Wharton, Anne Radford -- Correspondence SUBJECT Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, 1824-1906 fast Subject Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army fast Subject HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Armed Forces -- Officers Social conditions SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 Confederate States of America -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030860 Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America Genre/Form History Personal correspondence Personal narratives Form Electronic book Author Container of (work): Wharton, Anne Radford. Correspondence. Selections. Wharton, Anne Radford, author Davis, William C., 1946- editor. Bell, Sue Heth, editor Carmichael, Peter C., writer of foreword ISBN 9781469667720 146966772X

Other Titles Correspondence. Selections Civil War correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863-1865

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