Letters from Lee's Army: Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Betwe En the States - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803261497 ISBN 13 : 9780803261495

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1998

Synopsis

Charles Minor Blackford was a Virginia aristocrat who fought for the Confederacy as much out of obligation to his class and region as for political reasons. Letters from Lee's Army presents the correspondence between Captain Blackford and his wife, Susan Leigh Blackford, during the war. While Captain Blackford writes of the rigors of campaigning--the dramatically bad food, the constant dysentery, the cold and wet--we see the stoic Susan Blackford gradually relying less and less on her husband to make decisions. During the course of the war Susan Blackford lost her home, three children, and her belongings to the struggle, all without the camaraderie and sustaining sense of purpose known to the soldier. These letters emphasize the stresses that war and separation can place on a marriage.

Blackford enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the outset of the war and in 1863 was posted to Longstreet's Corps. Most of his service was in northern Virginia around the Rappahannock and the Rapidan Rivers, in the Shenandoah Valley, and with Lee's army at Gettysburg. In 1864 Blackford went west with Longstreet's army to Chattanooga, and he returned with Longstreet for the war's final days.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

This Bison Books edition is introduced by Gordon C. Rhea, the author of The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 and The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803261497
• ISBN 13: 9780803261495
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 277
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• Personne responsable: non disponible