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Intimate Strategies of the Civil War
From Robert E. and Mary Lee to Ulysses S. and Julia Grant, Intimate Strategies of the Civil War examines the marriages of twelve prominent military commanders, highlighting the impact wives had on their famous husbands' careers. Carol K. Bleser and Lesley J. Gordon assemble an impressive array of leading scholars to explore the marriages of six Confederate and six Union commanders. Contributors reveal that, for many of these men, the matrimonial bond was the most important relationship in their lives, one that shaped (and was shaped by) their military experience. In some cases, the commanders' spouses proved relentless and skillful promoters of their husbands' careers. Jessie Frémont drew o...
The Hammonds of Redcliffe
James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was born at Stoney Battery, South Carolina to Elisha (1774-1829) and Catherine Fox Spann Hammond (1785-1864). In 1831 he married Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimons (1814-1896). They had eight children. Their son James Henry (Harry) Hammond (1832-1916) was born in South Carolina. He married Emily Cumming (1834-1911) in 1859 and they had five children.
In Joy and in Sorrow
Women, Family and marriage in Victorian South.
Tokens of Affection
A refined and remarkably well-educated woman, Maria Bryan began corresponding with her sister when she was sixteen years old. As Carol Bleser points out in her introduction, Bryan travels, reads the popular books of the day, entertains visitors, and makes social calls. At the same time, however, notes Bleser, Bryan's letters belie popular notions about the privileged lives of "typical" planters' daughters in the antebellum South, for she also works at housekeeping, tends the sick at home and in the neighborhood, makes clothes for the family's slaves, and tutors younger siblings.
Secret and Sacred
The triumphs and travails of a leading antebellum politician. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War
Demonstrates the crucial role that the Constitution played in the coming of the Civil War.
