Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives
Bleser, Carol K. [Editor]; Gordon, Lesley J. [Editor];
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2001
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- Title
- Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives
- Author
- Bleser, Carol K. [Editor]; Gordon, Lesley J. [Editor];
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195115090
- ISBN 13
- 9780195115093
- Item weight
- 22 ounces
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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 on all of her connections as the daughter of former Senator Thomas Hart Benton to aid her modestly talented husband John. Others bolstered their military spouses in less direct ways. For example, Ulysses S. Grant's relationship with Julia (a Southerner and former slave owner herself) kept him anchored in stormy times. Here, too, are tense and tempestuous pairings, such William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen--his foster sister before becoming his wife--and Jefferson Davis's fascinatingly complex bond with Varina, further complicated by the hostile rumors about the two in Richmond society. Throughout, these historians paint remarkably intimate portraits of their subjects. Readers will see these famed men in a way that they perhaps never considered: not merely as famous leaders, but as lovers, husbands and fathers.
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About the Author
Lesley J. Gordon is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron, and is the author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend.
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